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Throat lenght Vs Performance
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<blockquote data-quote="fj40mojo" data-source="post: 330586" data-attributes="member: 19129"><p>I think the Swede is a severely under rated cartridge. Most all the factory ammo is castrated because of all the Krags and other weak actions that are still hanging around the exception being some of the European mfg ammo. Most of the loading data for the cartridge is geared for these old rifles too, so if you are looking to these sources it appears to not be much of a cartridge, but nothing could be farther from the truth. In a modern action with good metallurgy the Swede sits somewhere in between the .260 and the 6.5x284 but you have to work up your own loads. If you've got a true long action the issue of the long throated SAAMI chamber is moot cuz you can do just exactly what you're doing, seat those long bullets waaay out there, use the case capacity gained to squeeze just a little more velocity out of it without burning your barrel up in 1K rounds, and you'll probably still be able to feed from the magazine. I'm going with the Match reamer cuz of my slightly shorter '98 Mauser action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fj40mojo, post: 330586, member: 19129"] I think the Swede is a severely under rated cartridge. Most all the factory ammo is castrated because of all the Krags and other weak actions that are still hanging around the exception being some of the European mfg ammo. Most of the loading data for the cartridge is geared for these old rifles too, so if you are looking to these sources it appears to not be much of a cartridge, but nothing could be farther from the truth. In a modern action with good metallurgy the Swede sits somewhere in between the .260 and the 6.5x284 but you have to work up your own loads. If you've got a true long action the issue of the long throated SAAMI chamber is moot cuz you can do just exactly what you're doing, seat those long bullets waaay out there, use the case capacity gained to squeeze just a little more velocity out of it without burning your barrel up in 1K rounds, and you'll probably still be able to feed from the magazine. I'm going with the Match reamer cuz of my slightly shorter '98 Mauser action. [/QUOTE]
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