Acceptable load for the SACM 1935_A

[spencerhut]

Ammo for the 1935A has been scarce for many years. The original steel cased, non reloadable ammo was hard to find and what you could find was usually just expensive duds. Up to now shooting this little Frenchy gun was a rare and expensive activity for us. So it was a great day when Starline decided to make brass for the little 7.65 French Long. After ~100 test loads to choose the correct powder & bullets and get loads that fed & functioned perfectly, we came to this:
Starline Brass
4.3gr Ramshot Silhouette
85gr Hornady JHP .312 Diameter
1.109OAL

The little gun was a pleasure to shoot with full power loads (when they worked) and even more fun with the 90% power loads we ended up with. Hand loading saves another cool old gun.
118209772_3295942750492955_5876135536726078517_o by spencerhut, on Flickr

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