6.5x55 Swedish
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RescueMe0007
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My only deer rifle (Heym SR21), 60 cm barrel, is in 6.5x55. I am fortunate to shoot Sika & Fallow. Unfortunately, I cannot home load, which I believe would improve the performance according to all the data I've found. Normally use 120-140gr ballistic tip rounds. It almost always bowls the deer over (if I do my part), occasional runners, but not many and they don't go far. Mild recoil and accurate. I'll never sell it, it's a very good tool and chambering for deer. My son will inherit it in due course. I hope he'll enjoy the use of it as much as I have.
Scipio
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was 46.2 the correct number mate? or am i doing something wrong when inserting these numbers into grt, because it's coming out with almost 81 k psi
Scipio
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how do you find that they perform
I have the 6.5x57, so a cartridge very similar to the x55, and i too really like it. Even unmodded it's a pleasure to shoot, and one could probably shoot it all day long, without much discomfort. Cant wait to roll some of my own ammo for it.
The swede is much underrated as a result of anaemic factory ammunition that may be fired in weak old actions. In a good modern rifle with a strong action the case capacity can be used more effectively. Using modern powders like RS60 and N555 some very potent loads can be produced quite easily. I have recently been using 6.5x55 and have found it to be a very competent performer on both Roe and Red deer.
jep wrong load mixed up 2 recipe. here is the right one. Remember Kids, this is why you dont just copy loads from strangers.was 46.2 the correct number mate? or am i doing something wrong when inserting these numbers into grt, because it's coming out with almost 81 k psi
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still very high pressure but my rifle, my results.
COL us WITHOUT tip
No issues with them. Been using them for a while now on CWD, Roe, Muntjac and Fallow. Work as they should in my experience.how do you find that they perform
I have the 6.5x57, so a cartridge very similar to the x55, and i too really like it. Even unmodded it's a pleasure to shoot, and one could probably shoot it all day long, without much discomfort. Cant wait to roll some of my own ammo for it.
Took my first ever Deer with the Swede. I had a Tikka 690 left hand.
I used the Nosler 100 grain Ballistic Tip. I only shot Roe though.
A great cartridge with nothing to prove, but if i were in the market now, i would probably opt for the Creedmoor. Just more choice for near identical performance. Sometimes it is just nice to be 'different' though.
I used the Nosler 100 grain Ballistic Tip. I only shot Roe though.
A great cartridge with nothing to prove, but if i were in the market now, i would probably opt for the Creedmoor. Just more choice for near identical performance. Sometimes it is just nice to be 'different' though.
I do find the comment about choice an interesting one. For me I find a cartridge that works and then only change it if needed. Last time I did that was to move from Sako Power Head 2 to Sako Blade as the Power Heads became discontinued. Before that with my 243 it was from Fed Power Shock to Norma SP as the Fed became hard to find.
Tirea
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I use RS60
really when it comes down to it the 6.5x55 does exactly what i bought it for. earlier this year i had to sell most of my collection due to financial problems and i wanted to buy a one gun solution for everything (moose being on the menu and sometimes bear).
I had a 30-06, 308, 222, 243, 7x57, 45-70 (double rifle). A rifle for each occasion, 222 for roe and bunnies, 243 in a drilling for forest hunting where i dont know what il encounter.
7x57 as a milsurp novelty, 308 in a kalashnikov because fun as hell, 45-70 for close up moose
30-06 was my first rifle and what i used most of the time really.
I traded my Sako 30-06 for a 6.5x55 and put most other rifles on the chopping block until only the kalashnikov, drilling and 6.5x55 where left. If i again get into dire straits the drilling and kalashnikov are up next.
The 6.5x55 will never leave my posession. I have a 2 inch point blank range of 270m according to JBM calculator. I can kill moose and bear, i dont obliterate smaller game like the 30-06.
Really 6.5x55 can do EVERYTHING satisfactory. They say it about 30-06 as well but its a lot of gun for smaller game. I have fotos of hare shot with FMJ from the 30-06 and they are nearly cut in half.
6.5 is that perfect sweet spot of just big enough to comfortably shoot moose and just small enough to shoot smaller animals without too mutch waste. With ballistics to take the take.
Some calculations for you based on my own rifle (it takes pretty hot loads, CZ550 is one tough action and fireformed necksized lapua brass can take the beating)
with fox classic hunter 123gr i have a 2 inch point blank range of about 220m. And on a roe deer aiming either dead center or high shoulder gives a point and shoot range of 270m .
Hornady CX 130gr tho... based on my data with my rifle and the achievable velocity things get pretty nuts.
On a roe deer aiming high shoulder past 270 the point and shoot range is 400 meters. Dead center point blank range is 320m
No iam not saying any of us need that. But it really showcases how "easy" the cartridge is. At most you ever need to hold over at the tip of the shoulder.
As for 6.5 creedmoor, i live in the nordics. 6.5x55 will never run dry. Unlike the americans 6.5x55 is the expensive new kid on the block here while 6.5x55 can be found in every shop for a euro a piece
I had a 30-06, 308, 222, 243, 7x57, 45-70 (double rifle). A rifle for each occasion, 222 for roe and bunnies, 243 in a drilling for forest hunting where i dont know what il encounter.
7x57 as a milsurp novelty, 308 in a kalashnikov because fun as hell, 45-70 for close up moose
30-06 was my first rifle and what i used most of the time really.
I traded my Sako 30-06 for a 6.5x55 and put most other rifles on the chopping block until only the kalashnikov, drilling and 6.5x55 where left. If i again get into dire straits the drilling and kalashnikov are up next.
The 6.5x55 will never leave my posession. I have a 2 inch point blank range of 270m according to JBM calculator. I can kill moose and bear, i dont obliterate smaller game like the 30-06.
Really 6.5x55 can do EVERYTHING satisfactory. They say it about 30-06 as well but its a lot of gun for smaller game. I have fotos of hare shot with FMJ from the 30-06 and they are nearly cut in half.
6.5 is that perfect sweet spot of just big enough to comfortably shoot moose and just small enough to shoot smaller animals without too mutch waste. With ballistics to take the take.
Some calculations for you based on my own rifle (it takes pretty hot loads, CZ550 is one tough action and fireformed necksized lapua brass can take the beating)
with fox classic hunter 123gr i have a 2 inch point blank range of about 220m. And on a roe deer aiming either dead center or high shoulder gives a point and shoot range of 270m .
Hornady CX 130gr tho... based on my data with my rifle and the achievable velocity things get pretty nuts.
On a roe deer aiming high shoulder past 270 the point and shoot range is 400 meters. Dead center point blank range is 320m
No iam not saying any of us need that. But it really showcases how "easy" the cartridge is. At most you ever need to hold over at the tip of the shoulder.
As for 6.5 creedmoor, i live in the nordics. 6.5x55 will never run dry. Unlike the americans 6.5x55 is the expensive new kid on the block here while 6.5x55 can be found in every shop for a euro a piece
Foxyboy43
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Tirea
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I have a Mauser very light and 6.5x55 Swedish is perfect, no recoil and strong enough for 5 spices of deer in UK , I didn’t have the chance for a red
Here is my 308, banging fun. And yes its a "real one" not one of those made into a bolt action that i have heard you are sadly stuck using in the UK.View attachment 445570Ready for tomorrow target shooting. 6.5x55 and 308 , 3 hours of relaxing
Still love my cz 550 in 6.5x55 more but sometimes you just want to ring the gongs and rain brass. Wasnt easy to get the 308 licensed tho, had to cherrypick the police station
I've put together the standard 42grain N550 74mm COL and have a nice group with good group 27118 to 2731fps, Sako M695. I'm tempted to leave it, but also tempted to play!!
@Karhumies why remove the tips (apogees if you said before). I know Ed does that for the .222 fox and it's recommended for the Barnes 120gr
Some of the batches that i gor here had some tips already falling out, so for sake of consistency. Then when i tested them i found they opened up a little faster as well
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