I have three 6.5X55 Mausers and I think they are a great deer gun , If you reload your own ammo . If you shoot factory most of the stuff on the market is loaded light because some of the early military actions were not strong enough to safely shoot a max round . That said for over the counter ammo the 270 win is the better round .
I paid less than $400. US each for two of mine and they were both new inbox . I bought them this year ,but I have no idea how that price compares to the Canadian dollar.