I'd get a Sako 85 Finnlight ST in 6.5 X 55.

Yeah Boy!!!!!!

I will try to find those articles. I read some review somewhere that the supposed to be controlled round feed the 85 action has would double stack rounds. But, I couldn't say as I've never messed with the 85's. I know Sako's are good guns but a bit more than I'd like to spend on just a deer rifle.

Yup Sako's are nice but they're out of my price range also.Winchesters are also controll round feeding.

I think that the 260 rem. is ballistically close to the 6.5 swede & it's chambered in more rifles.

I bought a Ruger in 6.5x55 in 1998