6.5x55 Swede or the 7mm-08 - Page 3

lefty o · 04-30-2008, 08:06 PM

im not arguing with you, just pointing out to many that handload that the swede in a modern action can be improved upon. my own swedes are loaded slow, and with them i can kill pretty much anything that walks at most reasonable ranges. inside of 4 or 500yds, 3-400fps dont mean squat.

Magnumsrule · 05-01-2008, 12:00 AM

Yeah thats what i always thought too was that American manufacturers loaded 6.5X55 ammo down for the old rifles. If you could still find the 160gr 6.5 bullets it would make a difference when hunting larger game.

lefty o · 05-01-2008, 07:25 AM

160gr bullets are readily available.

SwedeSteve · 05-01-2008, 08:01 AM

Yep they sure are.

Magnumsrule · 05-01-2008, 08:27 AM

Well here they are not lol. I have never seen or read about a box in a suppliers catolauge. So if i ever did get this round cabelas should have em?

lefty o · 05-01-2008, 08:34 AM

just about any reloading supply house has them.

Magnumsrule · 05-01-2008, 04:07 PM

Odd that knowbody up here carries them. Oh i just looked and the one shop (six hours away) carries them. By the looks of it its only sierra and hornady. But them having it in their catolauge and them actually having it are too different things.....

SwedeSteve · 05-02-2008, 04:54 AM

Sadly true...

05-01-2008, 12:00 AM	#42
Magnumsrule Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 586 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah thats what i always thought too was that American manufacturers loaded 6.5X55 ammo down for the old rifles. If you could still find the 160gr 6.5 bullets it would make a difference when hunting larger game. __________________ Cartridge Group Like to discuss cartridges? Join HERE!

05-01-2008, 08:01 AM	#44
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,136 Trader Rating: (0)	Yep they sure are. __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

05-01-2008, 08:27 AM	#45
Magnumsrule Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 586 Trader Rating: (0)	Well here they are not lol. I have never seen or read about a box in a suppliers catolauge. So if i ever did get this round cabelas should have em? __________________ Cartridge Group Like to discuss cartridges? Join HERE!

05-01-2008, 04:07 PM	#47
Magnumsrule Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 586 Trader Rating: (0)	Odd that knowbody up here carries them. Oh i just looked and the one shop (six hours away) carries them. By the looks of it its only sierra and hornady. But them having it in their catolauge and them actually having it are too different things..... __________________ Cartridge Group Like to discuss cartridges? Join HERE! Last edited by Magnumsrule; 05-01-2008 at 04:14 PM.

05-02-2008, 04:54 AM	#48
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,136 Trader Rating: (0)	Sadly true... __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-30-2008, 08:06 PM	#41
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,693 Trader Rating: (0)	im not arguing with you, just pointing out to many that handload that the swede in a modern action can be improved upon. my own swedes are loaded slow, and with them i can kill pretty much anything that walks at most reasonable ranges. inside of 4 or 500yds, 3-400fps dont mean squat.

05-01-2008, 07:25 AM	#43
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,693 Trader Rating: (0)	160gr bullets are readily available.

05-01-2008, 08:34 AM	#46
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,693 Trader Rating: (0)	just about any reloading supply house has them.