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6.5x55 Swede testimonials
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 2036656" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I have a few military Swede Mausers in 6.5x55 and they of some of the most accurate rifles ever. I have one that some Bubba had already started hacking on that I could get for almost nothing over 20 years ago that I turned into a hunting rifle. It was a 96 with the 29" barrel which I left alone except for re-crowning it. I cut the straight bolt handle off and made a new one designed for use with a scope and welded it on. I drilled and tapped it for Leupold mounts and added a Bold slide safety adjustable trigger that I set at 2 1/2 lbs. I found a composite stock and glassed it. The reason that I left the barrel long was because with the small ring Mauser your limited safely to 46000 CUP. With loads that the Accurate Powder manual list as under 46000 CUP with that long barrel you can still get some high velocity. With 120s 3000 fps and 140s 2800 fps. At the time I was doing crop damage control on a big farm in NC with my buddy. I got to do some extensive testing of the rifle's capabilities with numerous bullets. Let me just say it did not matter which of the hunting bullets I used results were awesome on deer from almost point blank to a touch over 500 yards which is as far as I attempted shots. I mainly used Sierra 120 Pro Hunter and 140 Game King, 120 Nosler BT, 140 Hornady interlock. Of these bullets If I just wanted to choose just one it would be the 140 Sierra Game King. 45 grs AA4350 pushed it just a touch over 2800 fps on average and it shot bug holes at 100 yards and well under MOA farther out and killed like the hammer of Thor. I have not tried it in the 6.5x55 but from my experience using it in my 264 Win mag I believe the 130 gr Nosler Accubond would be about perfect for elk on down as a one bullet do it all. You can up the pressure (loads) using that Mauser 98 action quite a bit. With the 24" barrel you can match the velocity of that looooog barrel 96 but it will take you more powder. Be advised that much of the load data that you find for the 6.5x55 is limited to the 46000 CUP which is a ***** cat in a Mauser 98 action. Just as a side not the first 6.5x55 rifle I ever saw was one an old fellow from my church used to hunt with. It was the Swede carbine that had been sported back about the early 1960s. It had a metric measurement of barrel length that I know now was just under 18" which by the letter of the law now is against the law unless you were to go through the short barrel rifle license rout. He used Norma ammo and I think it was 156 or 160 gr. round nose. That was a short, light, easy handling perfect deer or anything else woods rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 2036656, member: 10178"] I have a few military Swede Mausers in 6.5x55 and they of some of the most accurate rifles ever. I have one that some Bubba had already started hacking on that I could get for almost nothing over 20 years ago that I turned into a hunting rifle. It was a 96 with the 29" barrel which I left alone except for re-crowning it. I cut the straight bolt handle off and made a new one designed for use with a scope and welded it on. I drilled and tapped it for Leupold mounts and added a Bold slide safety adjustable trigger that I set at 2 1/2 lbs. I found a composite stock and glassed it. The reason that I left the barrel long was because with the small ring Mauser your limited safely to 46000 CUP. With loads that the Accurate Powder manual list as under 46000 CUP with that long barrel you can still get some high velocity. With 120s 3000 fps and 140s 2800 fps. At the time I was doing crop damage control on a big farm in NC with my buddy. I got to do some extensive testing of the rifle's capabilities with numerous bullets. Let me just say it did not matter which of the hunting bullets I used results were awesome on deer from almost point blank to a touch over 500 yards which is as far as I attempted shots. I mainly used Sierra 120 Pro Hunter and 140 Game King, 120 Nosler BT, 140 Hornady interlock. Of these bullets If I just wanted to choose just one it would be the 140 Sierra Game King. 45 grs AA4350 pushed it just a touch over 2800 fps on average and it shot bug holes at 100 yards and well under MOA farther out and killed like the hammer of Thor. I have not tried it in the 6.5x55 but from my experience using it in my 264 Win mag I believe the 130 gr Nosler Accubond would be about perfect for elk on down as a one bullet do it all. You can up the pressure (loads) using that Mauser 98 action quite a bit. With the 24" barrel you can match the velocity of that looooog barrel 96 but it will take you more powder. Be advised that much of the load data that you find for the 6.5x55 is limited to the 46000 CUP which is a ***** cat in a Mauser 98 action. Just as a side not the first 6.5x55 rifle I ever saw was one an old fellow from my church used to hunt with. It was the Swede carbine that had been sported back about the early 1960s. It had a metric measurement of barrel length that I know now was just under 18" which by the letter of the law now is against the law unless you were to go through the short barrel rifle license rout. He used Norma ammo and I think it was 156 or 160 gr. round nose. That was a short, light, easy handling perfect deer or anything else woods rifle. [/QUOTE]
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