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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1167544" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>The 6.5x55 Swede is a great round. In a modern action you can really get a bullet moving. With a 24 inch barrel 120 gr bullets at 3000 fps and 140s at 2800 fps is easy to achieve. With the 96 Mauser and it's 29 inch barrel with loads listed in the Accurate powder data manual with Max AA 4350 charges, and these loads are under 46000 CUP which is safe for the small ring Mauser rifle. I get 3000 fps with 120 ballistic tips and Sierra SP and 2850 fps with 140 Hornady SP Interlock and Sierra SP and well under MOA accuracy. It kills 100 to 200 pound deer DRT 99% of the time out to a little over 500 yards so far for me. I have a 96 Mauser that I picked up cheap that some Bubba had started hacking on and I turned it into a nice hunting rifle and left the 29" barrel on it to get the high velocity safely.</p><p></p><p> I have been using the 130 gr Nosler Accubond bullet in my 264 Win mag and I believe it would be a one bullet does it all for most any game from Elk on down out of the 6.5x55. It flies like the Ballistic Tip and starts to open up like the Ballistic Tip but holds together like the Partition and keeps on trucking through stuff. These bullets are as long as a golf pencil and they just keep on mushrooming as they go through things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1167544, member: 10178"] The 6.5x55 Swede is a great round. In a modern action you can really get a bullet moving. With a 24 inch barrel 120 gr bullets at 3000 fps and 140s at 2800 fps is easy to achieve. With the 96 Mauser and it's 29 inch barrel with loads listed in the Accurate powder data manual with Max AA 4350 charges, and these loads are under 46000 CUP which is safe for the small ring Mauser rifle. I get 3000 fps with 120 ballistic tips and Sierra SP and 2850 fps with 140 Hornady SP Interlock and Sierra SP and well under MOA accuracy. It kills 100 to 200 pound deer DRT 99% of the time out to a little over 500 yards so far for me. I have a 96 Mauser that I picked up cheap that some Bubba had started hacking on and I turned it into a nice hunting rifle and left the 29" barrel on it to get the high velocity safely. I have been using the 130 gr Nosler Accubond bullet in my 264 Win mag and I believe it would be a one bullet does it all for most any game from Elk on down out of the 6.5x55. It flies like the Ballistic Tip and starts to open up like the Ballistic Tip but holds together like the Partition and keeps on trucking through stuff. These bullets are as long as a golf pencil and they just keep on mushrooming as they go through things. [/QUOTE]
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