6.5x55 options/long range rig

[ejg]

Yes.. but the 6,5x55 SE was made to function 110% in a total war scenario..

Straight walls and sharp shoulders are not conductive to perfect feeding and extraction in those conditions.

Although target shooting dont have those constraints put on them



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Yes around 1893 it seemed important especially with rifles manufactured with large tolerances. Of course you are right the swede has nice shape . Then again the 308 also seems to feed vey well, manages well over 1000 rounds per minute from a single barrelled MG3, one I shot never had a jam... mostly out of ammo though.
SOCOM is using or at least testing the 6.5CM since a few years (not the Swede) however it seems fairly quiet about it.
My guess is the 6.5 CM would be chosen over the Swede if the military would need a replacement.
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[norcan]

Yeah.. leave it to the Americans to do a right thing, after they have exhausted all other options.
70 years later...

They might even force the American* .270 caliber on Nato if they get their new project through as well...
*Chinese

Cant use European 6,5 or 7mm bullets... 6,8mm it is..........



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[NP435]

why?
6.5x55 mag length is usually longer and on a long action enabling better use of the extremely long VLD bullets available
the case is bigger
the cartridge has greater velocity potential if loaded to modern action standards
The bullets don't know what cartridge they were in when they leave the muzzle....

Anyone who can actually demonstrate the (largely theoretical) internal ballistic advantage of a Creedmoor over any other 6.5 cartridge probably isn't on here as they are too busy working for Berger or Applied Ballistics or winning the King of 2 Mile....

Ah yes logic applied! I shoot a 6.5 swede and love it. Its versatile easy to find brass for and i love the M-96 action for its smoothness and in the M-38 short rifle i have a great carry in the field.

 

[NP435]

Yeah.. leave it to the Americans to do a right thing, after they have exhausted all other options.
70 years later...

They might even force the American* .270 caliber on Nato if they get their new project through as well...
*Chinese

Cant use European 6,5 or 7mm bullets... 6,8mm it is..........



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To be honest NATO forced the 9mm on us and imo that 6.8spc is nothing more than a 7.62x39 with a smaller projectile.