What action length are 6.5x55 M70s on? Long or Short?

My Model 70 Classic Featherweight in 6.5 x 55 is a long action.

Al

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Originally posted by WoodsyAl:
My Model 70 Classic Featherweight in 6.5 x 55 is a long action.

Al

It also has the "standard" .473" boltface rather than the larger one found in the eurpoean rifles.

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Originally posted by larrys:
It also has the "standard" .473" boltface rather than the larger one found in the eurpoean rifles.

American ammo is made on the standard 30'06 head of 0.473" however a lot of the Euro ammo is 0.480" as designed by the Swedish.

Having both types of feed that were mentioned above.. in my opinion only here, that is not correct...

Later Model 70s are available in the claw feed and feed and extract the European cases just fine....

My Model 70 pushfeed in 6.5 x 55, will not always reliably extract Lapua cases... and the same thing with Winchester cases... however it does just fine all the time on Remington cases...Remington uses the .473 bolt face... Winchester doesn't....I was loaned a few Lapua cases to try....and a few Norma.. they didn't extract well, so I never bought any....

The long actions of the Model 70 and the Ruger 77 in 6.5 x 55 are both long throated also from the factory... not quite as long throated as my Swedish Carl Gustav sniper rifle....

The 6.5 x 55, belongs in a long action...

cheers
seafire

Seafire, I agree, mostly, but it is still an issue. My Classic Featherweight in 6.5x55 has the .473 boltface and it explained stickey bolt lift and extractor cuts in the euro brass. The factory service folks said the .473 was all they used for the swede in the classics. So now I just use americen brass without a problem. That is what mine measured.

My pushfeed featherweight extracted and fed just fine. We have had opposite experiences.

The point is still, I agree, it should have a long action.

I was working up some loads for a Remington M700 Classic in 6.5x55 for a friend and I only had/found Lapua cases. The M700 was not reliable in ejecting fired cases. I don't know if this was a 'this rifle' problem or if the 700s don't like the Euro cases fwiw. Plateau Hunter

Plateau Hunter and Larrys;

If you have extraction problems then I recommend the Remington Brass, I pretty much use it exclusively in my Winchester Model 70 in 6.5 x 55...

The Ruger is not so picky with ANY 6.5 x 55 Brass....

My Swedish Mauser loves Winchester brass for extraction over the Remington stuff...

I also built a 6.5 x 57, for that exact reason...It is a 6.5 x 55, but one can use good old 257 Roberts brass, and then it is not an issue... although it is strictly a handloaders cartridge...I gather from reload manuals, that it was a lot more popular in the 50s, and 60s.. where the older reload manuals have reload info for it...