6.5 x 55 Swedish

Those long, skinny bullets have excellent sectional density and hit very hard at moderate velocities. Highly recommend!
 
Yep, Swedes are nice rifles, and those who score one tend to hang on to it. 6.5x55 has a well-deserved reputation for its superb accuracy and very moderate recoil. I scored a Swedish Mauser a few weeks ago, and I like it even better than my WWII Mauser 98k with the German Wehrmacht proofmarks. They are gorgeous rifles, excellent shooters, and probably the most accurate military surplus rifles you can buy. 6.5x55 Swedish can take pretty much any game in the Lower 48, it's a very flat-shooting cartridge with (as mentioned) excellent sectional density.
 
The reason I was asking is, I purchased one today from a friend who had two of them.
More comments are welcome.
Jim Hall
 
Perhaps one of the best balanced and most efficient rifle cartridges ever conceived.

Like the .250 Savage, the 6.5x55 is one of those few cartridges that gives SO much while demanding so little in return.

Quite frankly, you really can't say enough good about the 6.5x55.

I've had a project gun in mind for a number of years, a 6.5x55 built on a Remington action with a light contour barrel by Douglas and one of the ultra light-weight stocks by Bell & Carlson.

Pillar bed the action, cyro-relieve the barrel and firelap it, possibly have a boss-type barrel harmonic tuner put on it, and a medium power scope, and it would be a fantastic general purpose rifle.

Oh well, I can dream.
 
I bought a M96 a few months ago. The sights are something to be desired, but like Mike, I would like to build a project gun for it. I bought a 500 round case of the Federal Gold Medal Match 140 gr. HPBT for dirt cheap when I got my gun. I feel shorted shooting that great ammo out of gun with horrible iron sights. I bought a Mojo peep for it, but it is not much better. I am in the middle of a tactical 870 project at the time and it will stay on the back burner for a couple more months/years.
 
I had a semi-sporterized model 94 Swedish carbine as my first deer rifle. It was very pointable, but the "cock on closing" striker was a little heavy for a 12 year old to manipulate quickly. It shot quite high with 140gr handloads, but almost to POA when using 160gr loads that simulated the original 156gr(?) loading. That was the first rifle I learned to reload for. A good weapon, but my dad and I decided to sell it :(
 
Loved my '96 so much that I had to buy my Dad one. Then we converted those to cock-on-opening (henceforth called '97s), then we each had to get a Ljungman, and his CZ550 has him in front. For the moment.

Beautiful round, and the Swedish craftsmanship is hard to beat, too.

Steve
 
I have two-aMod94&a Mod96.Both are very accurate for military rifles.I have trouble seeing the sights.I'm looking for a commercial rifle now,one I can put a scope on without burchering it.If you have a prime military rifle PLEASE do not BUBUIZE it,Stock ones are getting harder to find.ENJOY
 
Excellent choice of caliber. The .243s are natural shooters. The 6.5 Swede is a mild biter and its high SD and low BC make a great deer round.

I like the Steyr with the double set trigger with a S&B scope. Great gun.
 
As someone who'd love a 96 but doesn't own one, I'd comment you NEVER see them for sale, either, at least at prices I can afford....
 
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