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HELP - 6.5x55 swede
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 618753" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>It would not be that your chamber is larger in the old Swede it is that the throat is longer in the old military M-96 Swede rifle. They were throated to use the 160 gr RN bullet which is a mile long. The twist in the military Swedes was around 7.5", it is metric measured twist but ruffly 7.5" twist. Your Savage 9" twist may not stabilize the long 140 gr bullets. If you are a handloader you can probably seat the bullets a touch deeper in the case and do OK. I would make up a case by FL sizing it and cutting a line down one side of the neck with a cutting tool of some short, hack saw etc. Clean up the burrs and run it back through the FL sizer to straighten up the neck. Place a bullet by hand in the case neck and carefully place it into the chamber and close the bolt. The bullet will be pushed back into the case when the O-give of the bullet hits the lands. Carefully remove the case and measure the over all length of the cartridge. This is the to the lands measurement. It is as long as you can load that particular bullet in that chamber. YOu can pull that bullet out of the case with your fingers and use it. You can now pinch the neck of the case together to tighten it up and use a different bullet to check your length with it. If you have the throat lengthened in your Savage with only a 9" twist you may be messing up because it might not stabilize longer heaver bullets. You can still use longer heaver bullets in your Savage to see if they will stabilize by just loading them to shorter COAL. I have a number of 6.5X55 Swede military rifles and one sported M-96 Swede, With any bullet 120 to 140 grs I load the COAL 3.050 because that is as long as it can be and still work through the magazine and at that length the O-give is still a mile off the lands. Doesn't matter though because they are tack drivers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 618753, member: 10178"] It would not be that your chamber is larger in the old Swede it is that the throat is longer in the old military M-96 Swede rifle. They were throated to use the 160 gr RN bullet which is a mile long. The twist in the military Swedes was around 7.5", it is metric measured twist but ruffly 7.5" twist. Your Savage 9" twist may not stabilize the long 140 gr bullets. If you are a handloader you can probably seat the bullets a touch deeper in the case and do OK. I would make up a case by FL sizing it and cutting a line down one side of the neck with a cutting tool of some short, hack saw etc. Clean up the burrs and run it back through the FL sizer to straighten up the neck. Place a bullet by hand in the case neck and carefully place it into the chamber and close the bolt. The bullet will be pushed back into the case when the O-give of the bullet hits the lands. Carefully remove the case and measure the over all length of the cartridge. This is the to the lands measurement. It is as long as you can load that particular bullet in that chamber. YOu can pull that bullet out of the case with your fingers and use it. You can now pinch the neck of the case together to tighten it up and use a different bullet to check your length with it. If you have the throat lengthened in your Savage with only a 9" twist you may be messing up because it might not stabilize longer heaver bullets. You can still use longer heaver bullets in your Savage to see if they will stabilize by just loading them to shorter COAL. I have a number of 6.5X55 Swede military rifles and one sported M-96 Swede, With any bullet 120 to 140 grs I load the COAL 3.050 because that is as long as it can be and still work through the magazine and at that length the O-give is still a mile off the lands. Doesn't matter though because they are tack drivers. [/QUOTE]
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