Surplus 6.5x55?
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Try www.samcoglobal.com. They're 6.5 specialists.
WilderBill
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Cheaper Than Dirt has Sellier & Belliot for something like $7.95 a box.
Not surplus, but OK. It work for me.
Not surplus, but OK. It work for me.
Neither Norway nor Sweden ever fought a major war or stockpiled huge amounts of ammo. Further, both nations have a large civilian shooting population which has used up a lot of the old stockpiles. Maybe there is a lot left that will show up later, but I doubt it. Of course, it would be Berdan primed and corrosive.
Jim
Jim
I think these guys are right about the Swedish milsurp being noncorrosive.
You'll still need to buy some factory ammo to get cases to reload, unless you want to cough up some big bucks for Norma or Lapua cases. Lots of guys on the Swedish Mauser board think the Norma & Lapua brass is worth the extra bucks, though.
WilderBill - I've heard the S&B brass is not very good for reloading. Is that your experience?
You'll still need to buy some factory ammo to get cases to reload, unless you want to cough up some big bucks for Norma or Lapua cases. Lots of guys on the Swedish Mauser board think the Norma & Lapua brass is worth the extra bucks, though.
WilderBill - I've heard the S&B brass is not very good for reloading. Is that your experience?
I got a deal a while back at Kiesler's.
I bought a whole 500 round case of Federal 140 gr. HPBT Gold Medal Match for only like $9.99 a box. When I eventually run out of that, I will reload my own. I don't shoot my swede much though. I think I need to build a shooter. I tried a Mojo peep sight but it really hasn't improved anything. Still harder than heck to see down the sights on that thing.
I bought a whole 500 round case of Federal 140 gr. HPBT Gold Medal Match for only like $9.99 a box. When I eventually run out of that, I will reload my own. I don't shoot my swede much though. I think I need to build a shooter. I tried a Mojo peep sight but it really hasn't improved anything. Still harder than heck to see down the sights on that thing.
I am now curious about the statements that the Swedes always used non-corrosive primers. Since AFAIK non-corrosive primers were not developed anywhere until the late 1920's, Sweden was either way ahead or used mercuric primers. But mercuric primers, while non-corrosive, destroy brass, and I have always heard that the Swedes, even the military, were great for reloading.
I think my statement that the primers are corrosive will stand until I see something more definitive. It seems more probable that the Swedes simply kept their rifles clean, something easy to do when there is no war going on. Also note that many of the Swedish rifles I have seen have several crowns under the pistol grip, one for each rebarrelling.
Jim
I think my statement that the primers are corrosive will stand until I see something more definitive. It seems more probable that the Swedes simply kept their rifles clean, something easy to do when there is no war going on. Also note that many of the Swedish rifles I have seen have several crowns under the pistol grip, one for each rebarrelling.
Jim
The statement about the non-corrosive primers is correct. I'm tired and feeling lazy right now, so I'm not going to dig out any of my reference books to name chapter and verse...
None of the surplus 6.5x55 ammo has corrosive primers. None of the rifles I have seen have any evidence of being shot with corrosive primers. In fact, I have never seen a Swedish Mauser that didn't have a mirror shiny bore--even the ones that have clearly been shot a lot.
By the way, the surplus stuff is extremely accurate in my rifles. When I'm holding ok, I can keep my three shot groups under an inch with issue sights.
The only factory ammo I've found that's more accurate is the Federal stuff.
None of the surplus 6.5x55 ammo has corrosive primers. None of the rifles I have seen have any evidence of being shot with corrosive primers. In fact, I have never seen a Swedish Mauser that didn't have a mirror shiny bore--even the ones that have clearly been shot a lot.
By the way, the surplus stuff is extremely accurate in my rifles. When I'm holding ok, I can keep my three shot groups under an inch with issue sights.
The only factory ammo I've found that's more accurate is the Federal stuff.