Anyone know the barrel twist rate for the 6.5x55?

Thanks.

Andy B

200mm; I use one in 8 for new Douglas barrels.

I thought they were 1 in 8.5" ?
Of course there is a metric equivalent.

Some of the sporting and target rifles were 220mm. Standard Infantry rifles were 200mm. The Swedes liked the 93 being made by Mauser and sold to the Turks, so they just had Mauser make them 10K of them in 6.5. Then they made their own; liking the basic 93 action so much they never made a 98 pattern in Sweden. The rest is history.
Divide by 25.4.

Sweden did for some strange reason have Mauser k98k rifles as antitank rifles called pvg m39 in 8*57is and pvg in cal. 8*62 (swedish mashinegun cal).
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/a...fles_se/gev39_40.htm

Mauser used all improvements on the m96 by the swedish military on m98.

True; I had one; but Sweden never made a 98 action. When they wanted one, they used FNs for sporters, and of course, all the 98ks are ex WW2 German.

As many hunters in the 1940-1950s still used the Husqvarna/Remington rolling block rifles and many used m96 which 80% of the male population had done military service with. The demand for m98 was low until hunters could afford purpose buildt newer actions as FNs 98, Husqvarna 1640, 1900, Winchesters Remington.

So a 1896 model rifle is modern?

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/a...les_se/rifles_se.htm
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/a...se/faq_se_rifles.htm

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Originally posted by The Dane:
So a 1896 model rifle is modern?

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/a...les_se/rifles_se.htm
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/a...se/faq_se_rifles.htm

More modern than my 1891 Argentine...certainly better steel.

They made them until at least 1946, and used them a lot longer than that, and didn't see the need for anything else, so those Swedes must know something we don't.

"More modern than my 1891 Argentine...certainly better steel."


Sweden specified Swedish steel.


A Swedish company made semi-factory sportized m96 still in the 1990s. Värnamo Vapen


In Swedish hunting regulation the animals you can hunt with a 222rem are up to Roedeer,Beaver the next legal step are 6,5*55 or similar(6,5cred) allowed for all game.(.257wby are not allowed for a 100kg fallow deer)

Kimber, when still in Clackamas, Oregon, also offered spoterized Model 96s in 6.5 X 55. Wish I had been smart enough to buy one.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Kimber, when still in Clackamas, Oregon, also offered spoterized Model 96s in 6.5 X 55. Wish I had been smart enough to buy one.

I had a Kimber of Oregon 96 in .308 Win., I also should have kept.