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<blockquote data-quote="liltank" data-source="post: 442279" data-attributes="member: 13275"><p>The 6.5x55 Swede has been used by hunters for decades in Europe. It takes everything down from muskrats to moose and with good success. The 6.5x55 has gotten a bad wrap due to poor ballistics because of factory loadings. They load them very light because of the many actions still in existence can't handle the high pressures the round is capable of. Lapua makes 6.5x55 brass and with modern actions can be loaded quite hot matching the ballistics of some 30 cal rifle for a period of flight. This caliber is viable for anything in North America from the smallest critter to the largest deadliest thing on four legs within reason. Howa makes a barreled action that can be fit into after market stocks or buy one of there already complete rifles. This round should not be overlooked by any means. I know from a ton of research that is was used in war applications before hunting, its a close cousin (6.5 Carcano, the Swede is more powerful) to the round that killed JFK, and it is used in Europe for competition shooting. The Japanese also used a variant of this round in WWII. So there is a little history for ya.</p><p></p><p>Tank</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="liltank, post: 442279, member: 13275"] The 6.5x55 Swede has been used by hunters for decades in Europe. It takes everything down from muskrats to moose and with good success. The 6.5x55 has gotten a bad wrap due to poor ballistics because of factory loadings. They load them very light because of the many actions still in existence can't handle the high pressures the round is capable of. Lapua makes 6.5x55 brass and with modern actions can be loaded quite hot matching the ballistics of some 30 cal rifle for a period of flight. This caliber is viable for anything in North America from the smallest critter to the largest deadliest thing on four legs within reason. Howa makes a barreled action that can be fit into after market stocks or buy one of there already complete rifles. This round should not be overlooked by any means. I know from a ton of research that is was used in war applications before hunting, its a close cousin (6.5 Carcano, the Swede is more powerful) to the round that killed JFK, and it is used in Europe for competition shooting. The Japanese also used a variant of this round in WWII. So there is a little history for ya. Tank [/QUOTE]
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