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SMK 6.5's ????
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 31084" data-attributes="member: 376"><p><strong>Re: SMK 6.5\'s ????</strong></p><p></p><p>OK, this may be dumb, but I gotta ask: For some reason, I seem to recall that there was an issue regarding Sierra having a contract w/ a large customer (Swedish nat'l gov't rings a bell) that involved some proprietary rights to the bullet design for one or the other of the 140/142gr 6.5mm MatchKing, hence the creation of the other one to provide something for the domestic USA market. Eventually that contract lapsed/expired, and now both are on the market here. For some darn reason I remember reading that in a gun mag years ago (like 10-15) but btwn the source, and my memory, it could be completely B.S.</p><p></p><p>???</p><p></p><p>Monte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 31084, member: 376"] [b]Re: SMK 6.5\'s ????[/b] OK, this may be dumb, but I gotta ask: For some reason, I seem to recall that there was an issue regarding Sierra having a contract w/ a large customer (Swedish nat'l gov't rings a bell) that involved some proprietary rights to the bullet design for one or the other of the 140/142gr 6.5mm MatchKing, hence the creation of the other one to provide something for the domestic USA market. Eventually that contract lapsed/expired, and now both are on the market here. For some darn reason I remember reading that in a gun mag years ago (like 10-15) but btwn the source, and my memory, it could be completely B.S. ??? Monte [/QUOTE]
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