6,5x55 fan club!

[daniel paydar]

hi
how many 6,5x55 lovers have we here?
the virtue of this litlle round is almost non recoil and penetrating like the strongest rounds and killng almost any game if the hunter put the shot in right place!!
cheers
daniel

 

[howa243]

hi
how many 6,5x55 lovers have we here?
the virtue of this litlle round is almost non recoil and penetrating like the strongest rounds and killng almost any game if the hunter put the shot in right place!!
cheers
daniel

Good morning Daniel. May I repsectfully suggest that you use the search facility. You will find that this topic has been very well covered by those who would both agree and disagree with you.

 

[Claret_Dabbler]

Time for the beer and crisps......

 

[daniel paydar]

Good morning Daniel. May I repsectfully suggest that you use the search facility. You will find that this topic has been very well covered by those who would both agree and disagree with you.

hi howa
sorry coulden't find a 6,5x55 fan club in search facility
only some comparing threads! those disagreeing are surely not fans of the 6,5x55 and are concidered as enemies not fans LOL

 

[daniel paydar]

Time for the beer and crisps......

a nice carlsberg or tuborg and chips and a CG mauser in 6,5x55

 

[flytie]

Daniel, I am a 6.5x55 user for my sins, but I do not consider that it is the best "all round" calibre. That I feel would have to go to one of the slightly larger calibres. But for my shooting it is ideal. I shoot mailnly fallow, some roe and a few muntjac and find that the 6.5 stops them all with little meat damage, if using the correct bullet.

On one particular place i shoot, i need to drop the deer (fallow) quickly so i have gone on to using the 129gn Hornady SST. I use a top book load so it is fairly quick, it expands well and the deer do not run far. If i had to shoot reds or sika's in a similar position i would want a slightly larger calibre.

However, I have also developed a load for foxing for my rifle which is deadly;
100gn Sierra Varminter and 51gns of N-160 which will produce ragged holes at 100yds.

So all in all it is not a bad choice of calibre, it will never suit everybody, but it does the job for me from foxes to fallow.

Simon

 

[howa243]

a nice carlsberg or tuborg and chips and a CG mauser in 6,5x55

No such things as a nice Carlsberg daniel. A Peroni is what you need and a rifle in a decent calibre.

 

[daniel paydar]

Daniel, I am a 6.5x55 user for my sins, but I do not consider that it is the best "all round" calibre. That I feel would have to go to one of the slightly larger calibres. But for my shooting it is ideal. I shoot mailnly fallow, some roe and a few muntjac and find that the 6.5 stops them all with little meat damage, if using the correct bullet.

On one particular place i shoot, i need to drop the deer (fallow) quickly so i have gone on to using the 129gn Hornady SST. I use a top book load so it is fairly quick, it expands well and the deer do not run far. If i had to shoot reds or sika's in a similar position i would want a slightly larger calibre.

However, I have also developed a load for foxing for my rifle which is deadly;
100gn Sierra Varminter and 51gns of N-160 which will produce ragged holes at 100yds.

So all in all it is not a bad choice of calibre, it will never suit everybody, but it does the job for me from foxes to fallow.

Simon

hi Simon
i totally agree with you. there is no caliber that can cover all the games or hunting situations.
i own both 6,5x55 and 3006 and a 375 H&H too.
when it comes to deer hunting there 6,5x55 shines.
here in Sweden nearly ½ of yearly moose quota ( upp to 200 000 moose)are shot with 6,5x55 and 10 gram + bullets every year
the study done by hunters organisation showed a very little difference in killing and the distance runned by mooses after the shot between 6,5x55 and larger calibers.
but i feel much better with my 3006s or even better my 375 if i meet a bear in the wood
and recent years the number of bears are incrised a lot here. now it is exceedin 2000 bears!! and a few hunters have been mauled and a couple of death too!

 

[daniel paydar]

No such things as a nice Carlsberg daniel. A Peroni is what you need and a rifle in a decent calibre.

peroni is good to drink with pizza and olives, but if you love tall hot blond girls and bear steak as dinner, then carlsberg or tuborg is the only way to go

 

[howa243]

peroni is good to drink with pizza and olives, but if you love tall hot blond girls and bear steak as dinner, then carlsberg or tuborg is the only way to go

May need to try that before I could possibly agree with you. Am willing to try.

 

[prometheus]

May need to try that before I could possibly agree with you. Am willing to try.

+ 1 and i probably know a few more that would like to try also !

 

[daniel paydar]

believe me shooting a bear is easiest part of the chalange the hardest part is first drinking a couple of dozens carlsbergs or tuborgs and then tackle a viking bride "successfully." by successfully i mean K.O at first round!!!
then you can have your swedish hunting licens!!

 

[www.yorkshireroestalking.]

I love my finnlite in 6.5x55.
More than up to the job on uk game. And No meat damage with S.P's.
All the usual easy to shoot heavy bullet hits hard and very accurate.
Had it 3 years now wish I'd had it 20 years sooner.
heres x2 I took yeaterday, stood off the sticks @ 95m's.

Like I said easy to shoot.

 

[NigelM]

Having played with 7mmRem Mag, 270 Win and 6mm06AI I have now settled on 6.5 as my favourite calibre, but in 6.5*47 Lapua. 10% less powder than the 55, a bit quicker and reputedly a tad more accurate. 0.3 MOA groups with a 120 Nos BT chronographed at 2967 fps average. Shot Red and Roe with it now, brutally effective, not too much meat damage and I'm happily using it without a mod - unlike the other 3 which would make your ears bleed - so it's lighter, shorter and better balanced. Might not work for everyone, but it's certainly working for me. Deer however probably can't tell the difference.

 

[204 Ruger]

I have recently joined the 6.5 x 55 fan club in Steyr Mannlicher flavour. Have to say that its a fantastic round adn Im grouping sub 1 inch at 200 yards with both 129g SST adn 95g VMAX, easy to reload for...Not yet taken live quarry with it yet (hoping to do so on Friday with my first ever deer, fingers crossed). Cant comment against other rounds because Ive not yet shot anything larger but hoping to try a few different calibres at the range over the coming months. there are some pretty hefty rounds being fired thee adn the opther members are willing to let you try them out.

 

[User00003]

Currently use .243, adding .308 in next month or so...been told I'll inherit my fathers 6.5x55 in the next year or so (Tikka, circa 1980's),,I'm fearing that the 6.5 might become a favourite over time,,,but we shall see..

I guess having a 6.5x55 is like reaching for your 8'6" 5wt fly rod....for those who fly-fish,,you know what I mean

 

[Claret_Dabbler]

I guess having a 6.5x55 is like reaching for your 8'6" 5wt fly rod....for those who fly-fish,,you know what I mean

No, no, it is a 9'6" #6..........

 

[User00003]

No, no, it is a 9'6" #6..........

Then clearly a 6.5X55 isn't that great as an all rounder...you try taking a 9'6" 6wt onto a small stream with size 22 dry flies!...the 8'6" 5wt, will do almost everything, except for 'finest' and the 'toughest'.. ha ha ha

 

[Claret_Dabbler]

I'm Irish, an all round rod is 10'6" #7 - call it a 270win.

A 9'6" #6 is on the light side.

An 8'6" #5 is the flyrod equivalent of a 243....

Hmm, I can see a new thread starting...........

 

[flytie]

Currently use .243, adding .308 in next month or so...been told I'll inherit my fathers 6.5x55 in the next year or so (Tikka, circa 1980's),,I'm fearing that the 6.5 might become a favourite over time,,,but we shall see..

I guess having a 6.5x55 is like reaching for your 8'6" 5wt fly rod....for those who fly-fish,,you know what I mean

No, no, it is a 9'6" #6..........

Then clearly a 6.5X55 isn't that great as an all rounder...you try taking a 9'6" 6wt onto a small stream with size 22 dry flies!...the 8'6" 5wt, will do almost everything, except for 'finest' and the 'toughest'.. ha ha ha

I'm Irish, an all round rod is 10'6" #7 - call it a 270win.

A 9'6" #6 is on the light side.

An 8'6" #5 is the flyrod equivalent of a 243....

Hmm, I can see a new thread starting...........

They will bury me with my Bruce & Walker Hexagraph PP Deluxe 7'6", 3-5 wt. It has taken every species of game fish found in UK rivers! Not ideal, but beautiful. I will never part with it!

Simon