6.5x55 swede

Treeshepherd

Treeshepherd

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Inherited a 6.5 swede and was curious if anyone had a thought or two on loads for coyotes and such. I see there is a 95 gr. v-max available for loading. Anyone use this combination before?
 
Tree: You got a super accurate round in the 6.5 X 55. Which rifle do you have, is it an old Sweedish Mauser or new rifle chambered for the 6.5? As you probably know, this caliber is ususally for the heavier bullets, 120 and up w/ 140 gr being very good. The fast twist 1:7.8 to 1:8 is made to stabilze heavy (i.g. long) bullets. I love my 6.5, it is a very UNDERRATED cartridge in the states.

Sorry, I have loads for heavier bullets but not the 95. You may find that it a bit much for varmint hunting, both weight of firearm wise and cartridge wise, but each to his own. It is certainly 'Enough Gun' for a yote.
 
The 6.5 x 55mm Swedish is a superb round with excellent ballistics. It will keep up with the best .308 at the really long ranges. I have a Remington 700 Classic in the caliber, but like MarkA, my success has been in the 120-140 grain range and I have no loads developed for the lighter bullets. I think maybe finding a decent load for those lighter bullets must be a challenging exercise.
 
It is a CZ 550 with a 1:8.6 twist....perhaps a little fast for a 95 v-max, but you gotta like the BC of .365 of that one. I think there might be a few 100 gr. varmint bullets, but not sure if 5 grains would make much difference. Never know until you try.
 
go ahead and try the 95 in it, it may surprize ya, overstabilization does have hurt accuracy anything like understabilization does, I have a 1/8 223 that does great with 50 gr bullets. the 100 gr also shoot pretty well in my 1/8 6.5 gibbs.
RR
 
The lighter bullet in the fast twist barrel shouldn't lose you enough accuracy to matter until you go to long range, when you will want to go to the heavier bullets anyway.

6.5mm is an excellent caliber with lots of superior bullets available. It's inherently high sectional density makes it a superior performer for even very large game.

You should be aware that there are two different pressure standards for the 6.5 X 55. Get a manual that differentiates between loadings for the Model 96 Mauser (fine rifle but much lower pressure limits), and modern high pressure rifles chambered for this very fine round.
 
I'm going to give it a try. I was reading that one load for the 95 gr. v-max velocity was 3375. This would be nice indeed....at 300 yards the velocity is at 2582 and the drop is -5.4 when sighted in at 200 yards. What is everyones thoughts on this??
 
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Over here the 6,5 sure is the allround and favourite caliber from capercaillie up to moose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capercaillie

/Fredrik



Capercaillie! Did you guys read this. The Swedes are
shooting grouse with the 6.5! And I thought Americans
were big into using TOO MUCH GUN! I guess one big clean
hole through the grouse, beats picking shot out of the
breast meat /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Over here the 6,5 sure is the allround and favourite caliber from capercaillie up to moose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capercaillie

/Fredrik



Capercaillie! Did you guys read this. The Swedes are
shooting grouse with the 6.5! And I thought Americans
were big into using TOO MUCH GUN! I guess one big clean
hole through the grouse, beats picking shot out of the
breast meat /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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You better go check your facts. Capercaillie are a smidgen bigger than our Grouse. I tended to take Europeans a little less seriously than they should have been also.

If they are hunting and do something a certain way they do it because it is an accepted way in the hunting community and because it works. Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Germans know how to hunt. They are all, the hunters, excellent at what they do.

Best wishes, Bill
 
Also, has anyone used the 120 nosler Ballistic tips for coyotes? I try to avoid ricochet's so I try to use varmint bullets that fragment on impact hence the use of the 95 gr. v-max or sierra HP varminter. Just curious if the 120 NBT would keep on going since it is more a deer bullet.
 
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Over here the 6,5 sure is the allround and favourite caliber from capercaillie up to moose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capercaillie

/Fredrik



Capercaillie! Did you guys read this. The Swedes are
shooting grouse with the 6.5! And I thought Americans
were big into using TOO MUCH GUN! I guess one big clean
hole through the grouse, beats picking shot out of the
breast meat /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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You better go check your facts. Capercaillie are a smidgen bigger than our Grouse. I tended to take Europeans a little less seriously than they should have been also.

If they are hunting and do something a certain way they do it because it is an accepted way in the hunting community and because it works. Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Germans know how to hunt. They are all, the hunters, excellent at what they do.

Best wishes, Bill



Bill,

That comment was VERY tongue-in-cheek. But I don't care
if their "grouse" are as big as eagles, Swedes do not
need a 6.5 Swedish Mauser to put them in the pot! Now
WANTING to shoot them with "Moose" rifles, well that is
a different story. I once tested a 300 WSM elk load,
on a northern Whitetail doe, and drew all kinds of
crap from some old Uncles, that visited while I was
processing the carcass. An 165 gr. Barnes XBT left
quite a hole in the front shoulders /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif When
I read this post, I felt a kindred spirit connection
with our Swedish friends /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Now that's a cool looking bird Fredrik. Tell me about hunting them. Can you hunt them in the Spring during their mating season, like we do Turkeys? Will they respond to a call?

One of those things in full strut would really be an eye opener in a trophy room.
 
The only way i´ve been hunting them is in the fall with dogs that we in Sweden call "Tree Barkers"(Straight translation) they use there nose and ears to find out wich tree the bird sits in, and then the dog stand right under it and bark as loud and long as it can so that the bird is too occupied with the dog and you can sneak in to range for shooting.(pretty exiting)

I dont have any pics from the hunt but a link to swedish website with a few pics of the dogs used.
http://www.jaktjournalen.se/index.php?avd1=1&id=849

They are also hunted in the winter in tree tops like in this story that Articfox wrote he also a PM member from Sweden, he works for a Swedish hunting magazine so hes really good in both pics and stories....check it out below
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/ubb...ue#Post52471110
I hope you got some info trough this and i´ll be glad to tell you more of this bird as the fall comes and the hunt is on agaín.......

/Fredrik
 
Load 39.2 grains of Varget behind a 120 grain Nosler BT, and use a magnum primer to ignite the load density charge. Awesome load, shoots very well in all Swedes I'm familiar with...

Dan
 


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