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Logical next step for 6.5x55 Swede
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<blockquote data-quote="Wado" data-source="post: 1172871" data-attributes="member: 42926"><p>I was lucky enough to buy a Dave Tooley 6.5x55 rifle a few years ago. It was a Winchester action in a McMillan Stock, nice hunting rig for sure. It came with a Ken Farrell rail that had Weaver slots in it and none of my QD scope mounts would fit so I ordered one with mil spec slots so I could mount a scope. Just to get on paper I had some Hansen 139 grain soft points and after about six rounds got it on a three inch peel and stick round target. I switched over to 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips I shoot in my model 96 Swede loaded with H4895. All over the place, I was hurt. I had some 140 grain Hornady Spire Points, same thing. Both of these loads shot an inch in my Mauser. I packed everything up and went home all the time saying no wonder I got a deal on it. I know all bores are different so I did notice the Hansens were hard to chamber and with no information about the rifle I decided I better start all over ( the correct thing to do ) with new components and a new approach. The main problem was I found a few weeks later after cleaning the barrel was it was copper fouled to the max. The previous owner-owner's had not taken care of this fine piece of equipment. This has no bearing on the topic of load development for a new gun I know but once I got the copper out I basically had a fresh start. The last time I shot this rifle I had a load of 46.5 grains of I 4831 at 3.00 OAL, I forget the jump and I finally got a sub one inch group at 100 yards, a good start. I found a phone number and called Dave and picked his brain for a couple of minutes and he suggested a slower powder ( 4350 ) and to basically just work the load up. Nice guy, sorry to say I sold the rifle before I got a chance to finish the load. I still have my Carl Gustav Mauser and plenty of 4831 so back to the drawing board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wado, post: 1172871, member: 42926"] I was lucky enough to buy a Dave Tooley 6.5x55 rifle a few years ago. It was a Winchester action in a McMillan Stock, nice hunting rig for sure. It came with a Ken Farrell rail that had Weaver slots in it and none of my QD scope mounts would fit so I ordered one with mil spec slots so I could mount a scope. Just to get on paper I had some Hansen 139 grain soft points and after about six rounds got it on a three inch peel and stick round target. I switched over to 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips I shoot in my model 96 Swede loaded with H4895. All over the place, I was hurt. I had some 140 grain Hornady Spire Points, same thing. Both of these loads shot an inch in my Mauser. I packed everything up and went home all the time saying no wonder I got a deal on it. I know all bores are different so I did notice the Hansens were hard to chamber and with no information about the rifle I decided I better start all over ( the correct thing to do ) with new components and a new approach. The main problem was I found a few weeks later after cleaning the barrel was it was copper fouled to the max. The previous owner-owner's had not taken care of this fine piece of equipment. This has no bearing on the topic of load development for a new gun I know but once I got the copper out I basically had a fresh start. The last time I shot this rifle I had a load of 46.5 grains of I 4831 at 3.00 OAL, I forget the jump and I finally got a sub one inch group at 100 yards, a good start. I found a phone number and called Dave and picked his brain for a couple of minutes and he suggested a slower powder ( 4350 ) and to basically just work the load up. Nice guy, sorry to say I sold the rifle before I got a chance to finish the load. I still have my Carl Gustav Mauser and plenty of 4831 so back to the drawing board. [/QUOTE]
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