Hello fellows hunters
I put some photos to show the reindeerhunt in the montains of Norway

Reindeerbull wight 190 lbs and the trophy scored 880,0 sci points Gold medal Shot with a Sauer 202 caliber 6,5x55 Mauser bullet 140 grs Rhino at 120 yards


I shot this bull 2 days later in a another area, to get high in the mountain at was a really struggel. I shot it at 190 yards with the same rifle and bullet. In this area it`s 5700 feet above sea level.


The same bull as above.


Taking care of the trophy and the meat


Realy tired after climbing down a very steepy hillside from 5700 feet to 1200 feet.
We got down at late night and we used 4 hours walking and climbing


My Jeep is loaded and home we go

This hunt is a walk and stalk hunt in a very high, and steepy hills the higest mountaintops is abobe 6300 feet.

I use a Sauer 202 in caliber 6,5x55 mauser, it`s very accurat and with a good trajectory.

I also have a extra barrel in calliber 3006 this one I use for red deer hunting.

Norwegian Hunter

Thankyou for posting it looks very interesting.

Is there anyway you can make the pictures bigger?

Also what was the rifle and calibre used and are you able to give us some more details of the actual hunt itself etc?

Thanks

I find the right size of the photos.

Very nice! Slightly smaller than North American Caribou, but identical otherwise. Wonderful sets of antlers. Congratulations on very good trophies!

Thankyou for posting - nice to see such a successful and well earned result.

Where were you hunting - on the Hardangervidda?

Keep well.

Ian

Excellent ! Enjoy the meat....I'm surprized to see a Norwegian call it the 6.5x55 MAUSER !How about the 6.5x55 Krag-Jorgensen ??

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Originally posted by IanF:
Thankyou for posting - nice to see such a successful and well earned result.

Where were you hunting - on the Hardangervidda?

Keep well.

Ian

They were shot in a place called Skjaak in the Ottadal of Gudbrandvalley, about 200 km north of Lillehammer

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Originally posted by mete:
Excellent ! Enjoy the meat....I'm surprized to see a Norwegian call it the 6.5x55 MAUSER !How about the 6.5x55 Krag-Jorgensen ??

Thank you, the meat is very good, we use it all, also the hide, we tan them and use dem on the floor of the tent.

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Originally posted by mete:
Excellent ! Enjoy the meat....I'm surprized to see a Norwegian call it the 6.5x55 MAUSER !How about the 6.5x55 Krag-Jorgensen ??

Thank you for making me notice. The load that I use is to heavy for the 6,5x55 "Krag Jorgensen"
The Correct name of the caliber that I use is 6,5x55 Swedish Mauser, witch is built on the Mauser M96 in sweden.

For some years ago the load that worked fine in the Krag Jorgensen rifle was not allowed for big game hunting i Norway, When the goernment change the power of impact I think it was about 1990, the Krag Jorgensen load was allowed to use again. But not in the Krag Jorgensen rifle because of the construktion of the bolt.

Norwegianhunter, Mine is a 1943 M98, reheat treated but I would never call it a Swedish mauser ! I made it up years back in gunsmith school and it has supplied me with many deer over the years .A very fine cartridge .

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Originally posted by mete:
Norwegianhunter, Mine is a 1943 M98, reheat treated but I would never call it a Swedish mauser ! I made it up years back in gunsmith school and it has supplied me with many deer over the years .A very fine cartridge .

Yes it is avery fine caliber, and I suggest that we call it 6,5x55 and that`s it.

great pictures norwegian.
One time I will find the time for come to Norge and kill a nice bull.

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Originally posted by Mario:
great pictures norwegian.
One time I will find the time for come to Norge and kill a nice bull.

Yes you are welcome to Norge to hunt Norsk villrein
I have some contacts

My understanding is that the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser was designed by and for the Swedish military.

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Originally posted by cewe:
My understanding is that the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser was designed by and for the Swedish military.

Thats Correct, it was made for the Swedish military.
In Norway we had the 6,5x55 Krag Jorgensen Rifle, these rifles is still in use in several shooting organization, they perform very good accuracy, you can shoot very fast and accurat.

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Originally posted by cewe:
My understanding is that the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser was designed by and for the Swedish military.

If you are referring to the gun only then true.

If you are referring to the cartridge, then the correct answer is that it was designed by a joint Norwegian/Swedish commission during the period of the Swedish/Norwegian union (in 1891).

The Norwegians chose the Krag-Jörgensen as their service weapon while the Swedes chose the Mauser .

Nice trophy Norwegian !

Beautiful! Especially with the stricking crimson antlers...

Which month of the year was this?

Welcome onboard Hallgeir, good to see you around

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Originally posted by Boghossian:
Beautiful! Especially with the stricking crimson antlers...

Which month of the year was this?

These were shot late august

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Originally posted by Arild Iversen:
Welcome onboard Hallgeir, good to see you around

Thank you Arild, I`v been reading the forum and all the other nice thing at Accuratreloading.
Now I enjoy the forum,

Oh My god more Aquavit!!!!



Welcome and congrats.

Rgds,
FB

BTW, Why are the antlers Red?

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Originally posted by GBF:

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Originally posted by cewe:
My understanding is that the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser was designed by and for the Swedish military.

If you are referring to the gun only then true.

If you are referring to the cartridge, then the correct answer is that it was designed by a joint Norwegian/Swedish commission during the period of the Swedish/Norwegian union (in 1891).

The Norwegians chose the Krag-Jörgensen as their service weapon while the Swedes chose the Mauser .

Nice trophy Norwegian !

GBF is right. At the time Sweden and Norway were in union. The union between Sweden and Norway lasted from 1814 to 1905. As the union was a personal union with a shared King but separate states, the military was not totally integrated. During the union however, a lot of the military ammunition were made to a "Union standard", this was also the case with the 6,5x55. The "Rifle commission" first designed the cartrigde - the 6,5x55 - then went ahead to find an agreement on rifles, but they did not manage to do this.

Internationally the cartrigde has wrongly been regarded by many ignorant shooters as a german mauser creation or a strictly swedish cartrigde. The latter mostly because of the large number of surplus swedish mausers being sold in the US, thus giving rise to the nickname "6,5x55 swede" (it is customary for US cartrigdes to have a name behind the caliber designation). Because of the strong influence from the US in Norway and Sweden, even some scandinavians have come to believe that the cartrigde actually is german or swedish.

The confusion regarding the 6,5x55 is further complicated by the fact that althoug there is only one blueprint for the cartrigde (made by the unions rifle commission), the factories in Norway and Sweden produced the cartrigde and rifles according to the opposite ends of the blueprint tolerances - Norway to the max and Sweden to the minimum. This made norwegian ammonition a little difficult to use in rapid fire from swedish mausers. During the end of the union, when Norway left, norwegian newspapers made up a story how clever the norwegians had been to make their ammo difficult to use in swedish rifles in case of a civil-war, but this was found out to be just a myth. I have personally used ammo made to (norwegian) max tolerances in a rifle with minimum (swedish) chamber, and it works plenty good enough, though in a fouled chamber it might cause a problem. Anyway, as long as chamber and ammo are made to the norwegian/swedish union specs there will be no problem.

Today, for match shooting, they are using the "Scan" chamber - in the middle of the blueprint.

Er du her og nå Hallgeir,blitt lei kranglinga på sluttstykke?

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Oh My god more Aquavit!!!!



Welcome and congrats.

Rgds,
FB

BTW, Why are the antlers Red?

In this time of year the skin that covers the antler while it`s gove, is loosen and get ready for mating season, the red is blood that is under the skin on the antlers

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Originally posted by odd:
Er du her og nå Hallgeir,blitt lei kranglinga på sluttstykke?

Neida, men må utvide horisonten litt mere en bare sluttsykket.

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Originally posted by Boghossian:
Beautiful! Especially with the stricking crimson antlers...

Which month of the year was this?

This was the 22nd august the mating season starts mid september, then the bull smell terrible,and the meat cant be eaten by humans, in one month

Great pictures, thanks for sharing them with us.

nice hunt and nice antlers.... congratulations

Nice to see you here, Hallgeir!!

Thank you 460wby.
Accuratereloading is a very interessting place to be. Lots of good advices, and it`s seems to be a big good family.

I put some more reindeerhuntingpic:


Another big bull

The big good guys

Overwiew over some of the huntingarea were I hunt reindeer

Congrat''s on your fine hunt! thats a BEAUTIFULL bull and very well earned trophy!
welcome to our forum and thanks for posting your great pictures and story
regards from one hunter 2 another!!!

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Originally posted by jjmp:
Congrat''s on your fine hunt! thats a BEAUTIFULL bull and very well earned trophy!
welcome to our forum and thanks for posting your great pictures and story
regards from one hunter 2 another!!!

Thank you very much, there is more.....

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Originally posted by Norwegianhunter:


Overwiew over some of the huntingarea were I hunt reindeer

This landscape could be almost anywhere in my Reindeer hunting area as well striking similarities!

Your name wouldnt stand out either for that matter

Regards,