Obsolete ammo?

[rhettro]

Where is the best place to find obsolete ammo? My grandfather brought back a "7.65 french long" caliber pistol from the battle of the bulge. I ended up with it and would like to shoot it. Someone told me that there are some that reload and sell ammo for these somewhere but it's proven hard to find for sure.

 

[CajunTim]

Not sure if you were wanting to mail order or not.
http://www.ammoman.com/index.htm

7.65 Argentina

7.65 ARGENTINE MAUSER 174 GRAIN FMJ BT FULL METAL JACKET BOAT TAIL BOXER PRIMED (RELOADABLE) NON CORROSIVE

BRAND NEW AMMO MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA 2002

FREE SHIPPING

Part Number #765ARG-200, 765ARG-500, 765ARG-500

$150- 200 Rounds
( 10 Boxes )


$300- 500 Rounds.
( 25 Boxes )

 

[rhettro]

Thanks but not the same caliber. This is a stubby little handgun caliber, that I'm hunting for, 7.65 french long.

 

[LACamper]

http://www.ows-ammo.com

Send them an email. He didn't show it on his website, but they might be able to find it.

 

[jeremyws1]

I found this...

"This 7.65 is commonly called the .32 french Long Automatic. It's a Browing design auto pistol that fires a rimless round with an extractor grove. The jacketed bullet, however, actually mikes .308 so it is really a 7.62mm. Lead bullets should be .309 to seal well. Of course, bores could range from all the way from .308 to .311. Does this sound confusing? We actually own one of these peculiar French pistols and have compared the book informaiton with reality. Trust us, we used more than one mike and set of eyes. We make these cases from new .32 long revolver brass. We put them on a metal lathe and cut the rim and the exractor groove, trim them to length, and load them with an 86 grain fmj .308 ejecta. You can expect about 1000 fps from these rounds. Enjoy!"

 

[rhettro]

thanks

Thanks for this. Boy it sure is over my head. I will look into this.