Just wondering for info on 6.5x55 Swedish. I have been loading for it now for a little while. But I was wondering what people have used and if I could get some feed back. Let me know the make model too? With the powder I would like to know both bad and good.
Thanks!
I m getting my swede (96 Mauser)customized and am going to have to start all over again. Anything and everything is a help!

my friend uses imr-4064 in his 6.5x55 i don't know what load but have seen it shoot good groups with 129 gr. bullets.Good Luck

with 140gr. bullets the 4350s and 4831s give me good results.Velocities near or at 2800fps from a 30" barrel. roger

I use IMR 4350 in my 6.5x55 Encore barrel. Shoots well but I don't chrony my loads.

Before I sent my Mauser to the Smithy I was experimenting with Varget. It worked alright. The starting loads were giving me 2" groups at 100yds in the original barrel. Worn and pitted. But at starting loads with that in consideration its not so bad. It loved 140GR SP's. Closely fallowed by 160GR RN's. Total average for both are in the ball park of 1.5" to 1.75" at 100yds. So I guess that all in thought gave me a excuse to re-barrel it and just about everything else. Man I thank him for letting me make payments!
(got a buddy with a new 308Win and cannot shoot a group to save his life. Using his rifle I was doing 1MOA with it......He is a Navy Sea Bee! I was army )

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Originally posted by bartsche:
with 140gr. bullets the 4350s and 4831s give me good results.Velocities near or at 2800fps from a 30" barrel. roger

H-4350 is the one!!!!!

I've had best results in my swede with either RL19 or IMR4350.

at the moment after a cursory glance at my reloaded ammo inventory I find I have not a single round of ammo for my swede that is loaded with anything other than IMR4350

I gave up on IMR4831 and IMR4320 long ago.

And though I have a load that works well in my rifle with RL19 and a 140gr Nosler partition is isn't enough different
from the load with IMR4350 (that I have a shitpot of)
to justify buying a 4lb keg of RL19.

I tend to label a particular cannister of propellant for use in a SPECIFIC rifle as I passionatly despise reshooting test loads to accomodate a different lot of propellant, primers, etc...

So when I buy propellant I tend to buy enough of it to load several hundred rounds all-the-same so I won't have to "re-invent the wheel" every season.

H4350? should work just as well, but I see little point in improving accuracy on a "meat" rifle.

IMR4064, 4320, and 4831 work great with 87...160gr bullets. Both Military and commercail rifles. I have 5 in 6.5x55

Like the 30-06, the 6.5X55 works well with about any powder from IMR4895 to IMR4831. Fact is I haven't seen a 6.5 Swede that was a bad shooter...

The Swedes I`ve loaded for have all seemed to have a preference for slower powders such as H4831 or R22 with most bullet weights. A 4350 or R19 will do a good job with 120 gr bullets as does varget with the lighter weights. I`ve never had very good luck with 4064, Varget, ect, and 120 or up bullet wgts though.

IMR 4831 mine digest 45-46 grains w/140 bullet really well. Accurate as near as anything I've got

in the way of military arms except for my Garand .

Rem. M700 Classic with 22in. barrel.
R-P or Winch. cases
Fed. 210 Primers
125gr Nosler Partitons
IMR 4831 at 48.5grs( over book max)
Vel. avg. low 2900fps.
O.A.L= 2.985

Use same load with 120gr Ballistic Tips but O.A.L= 2.990

Tikka T3 lite stainless, Norma MRP (RL 22) has been a standout in my rifle. 3 shot groups of 1/2".

49.0 grs with 125/130 gr bullets CCI BR2 primer
50-51 grs with 120's CCI BR2 primer
46-47 grs with 140's Win WLR primer

I Have tried most the IMR and Hodgton powders, sounds like I m going to need to try some RL22 when my rifle gets back from the smithy!

Ive loaded alot for 6.5x55. R22 is my always accurate and about perfect powder for 140s and 160s
Ive used alot of H4831, H4350, imr4350, R19 also

After years of shooting 46 gr of 4831, both my friend and I had an SEE event with our rifles.
I switched to Varget and worked loads back to 1/2" with my pitted bore.
I would stay with a little faster powder then 4831 because of the long throats. If you load to max loads with the slow powders you will be OK but accuracy goes away.
I use 37.5 gr of Varget with the 129 gr Hornady and 36 gr with the 140 gr. My last 5 shot group with the 140 gr was .436".
Of all the powders with a wide range over calibers from the 7BR up, Varget has proven to work in them all with the best accuracy.
I was told by Hodgdon that Varget will not work in the 7BR---boy do I have news for them!

Swedish Mauser made in 1902 used for CMP shoots only RL19 and Varget work great for me

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Originally posted by bfrshooter:
After years of shooting 46 gr of 4831, both my friend and I had an SEE event with our rifles.

I certainly would like to hear the details on those two events. roger

I love getting into a good post, lots of good info and a sometimes you have to make sure you have your waders on

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Tikka T3 lite stainless, Norma MRP (RL 22) has been a standout in my rifle. 3 shot groups of 1/2".

Works equally well in my CZ.

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I certainly would like to hear the details on those two events. Confusedroger

We had extreme accuracy with the load. All charges were weighed and trickled exact. Pete had it happen first and it took a mallet to open the bolt. The primer pocket was HUGE and I don't remember finding the primer. I could find no damage to the rifle and head space was the same. The next year my rifle did the same thing.
I increased my load and never had another happening but my accuracy was not there so I changed powder. So far everything is working fine.
These happened after hundreds and hundreds of shots from each rifle. That is why I say you can go for years without a problem and recommend a load that is just not right. The same load is recommended in all the books as being one of the best. I am afraid of too slow a powder in my rifle now unless it is a max load.
Both failures occurred in warm summer weather.

If you have a modern rifle in the 6.5 Swede without the long throat so you can seat close to or touching the rifling, you should not have a problem with this load. We believe the bullet was pushed out to stop at the rifling as the pressure came up.

"SEE event, etc" ?