Does anyone have any experience with this cartridge? A friend of mine has just purchased one and we would like to know if there is a reloading manual that we could buy with info on this cartridge. If not any info would be great

Thanks

DPM,
I was looking seriously at a pretty MS carbine in this caliber a couple years ago. Old Western Scrounger had some ammo avilable then. Also ther was an article in "Handloader" or maybe "Rifle" magazine describing case forming procedures and loads a couple of years ago. As I remember typical velocities were around 2100 fps and there was a cautionary note that in the lightweight carbines the actions had been known to shoot themselves out of the stock under recoil.

Source, 4th edition Cartridges of the World
270gr. bullet, 44gr. of 3031, 2150fps, 2780ftlbs.
286gr. bullet, 42gr. of 3031, 2040fps, 2938ftlbs.
bullet diameter shows to be .375.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for all the info. I will try to find the an old copy of those magizines. My friend has already ordered ammo from OWS I will let you know how bad the recoil is in this light carbine when the ammo arives.

Thanks