Does anyone know a good load for my swedish mauser 6.5x55mm? I would like a hunting round but where do I start? Vmax, Speer, Nosler, Sierra, etc. what which why?!
Being all 6.5X55 Swedish mausers weren't created equal it would help to know what model , make your loading for . Some of the old military actions were on the weak side . For my model 70 I have had good results with a 120 gr Barnes XLC bullet at around 3000 fps +- .
If you have a Swedish M96 (or M38) you give up a bit over a "modern" rifle, but not enough so that any game animal you shoot with it will notice. I like pretty much any 120 grain spitzer SP and a fairly slow powder, such as IMR or H-4831. This will kill any whitetail that ever lived just about as far as you can hit them.
I haven't tried any of the 129 gr bullets in myh rifles- I figure if the rifle has a very fast twist rifling, I might as well use a heavy pencil shaped bullet
This isn't what you asked for, but I use a 140 gr bullet with around 46 gr of RL-22. Its a pretty close approximation of the spitzer military load for the rifle and is very accurate in my rifles.
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6.5x55 swedish - anyone?
