Most of our lifes we have been using 30-06 and 308 as it was very easy to find militar ammo.

But to own these calibers you need a special licence from the Army. By law the biggest caliber that you don't need this special permit has been the 6,5 for many years.

Don't tell me why but no one was using any 6,5 in my country, the people without the special license have been using 243 and 25-06.

Since a couple of months some gunshops had started importing several brands of 6,5x55 (Cz, Sabatti, Steyr,etc) and they have been selling them like hot bread !!!

Well, so far my friends and I have shot three pigs and two axis deers with impressive results. Well my shot at the pig was too back and I find it after several hours

But anyhow, everyone is talking about how good this "new" (for us) 6,5x55 is, it just works...!!

I highly recommend it for anyone that wants a mild recoiling caliber with increadible performance in medium size game as deers and hogs.

Obviously a bad shot with a 300 wm will do much more damage than a bad shot with the 6,5x55 and I believe that the possibility of finding any animal hitted bad with a 300wm is bigger than finding a wounded animal bad hitted with a 6,5x55 but that is something to talk in a new thread..

L

I love the 6.5x55. Give me a good 6.5x55, some Re-22 and any good 140 grain bullet, and I am set for anything in my part of the world.

I've taken quite a few hogs with this caliber, including my biggest-ever using a TC Encore and a 140 grain Hornady SP. Plus, it lends itself to good performance with reduced loads. In fact, when our oldest (now 17) was 6, he took his first hog using the cartridge in a cut-down '94 Mauser. The Hornady 129 grain SP did the trick and resulted in a quick, one-shot kill.

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I highly recommend it for anyone that wants a mild recoiling caliber with increadible performance in medium size game as deers and hogs.

I'm now building a .264 Win Mag but must admit the 6.5 X 55 and the .260 Remington are fully adequate for anything for which I might use the magnum.

The 6.5 X 55 also lends itself to very light rifles as well. It's every bit as good as folks say it is!

For many years here both the 6.5x57 mm in both rimmed and rimless versions were very popular for all kinds of game up to big boar and red stag. Old civilian Mausers in this caliber are still be found, otherwise this cartridge has basically disappeared, many consider the 7x57 now a roe deer cartridge and feel that at least a 30/06 or .300 WM is a universal cartridge.

The 6.5x57 mm R is still chambered for the breaktop actions, especially nice single shots like the fenomenal Blaser K95 and even in drillings.

Performancewise they are very close to the 6.5x55 mm.

Dirk,

I hunt with a 6.5 x 57 for just that reason.. there are not a lot of them around anymore..

to bad as it is a fine cartridge... in fact my favorite..even if interchangable with the Swedish Mauser 6.5

I really like the 6.5X55 as my name implys. I have a 96 Mauser and a Ruger 77 MKII, I think it's a great cal.

6.5 SWEDE.

It's a cool old round that performs far beyond what paper ballistics indicate, and the great little surplus model 96 carbines didn't hurt it either.

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6,5x55 performance in Uruguay

I thought you were going to say something like

"the bullet spun counterclockwise due to being south of the equator."

Alan

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Originally posted by GSSP:

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6,5x55 performance in Uruguay

I thought you were going to say something like

"the bullet spun counterclockwise due to being south of the equator."

Alan

Would that then make it a counterrevolutionery cartridge?

If I found a Ruger M77mkII or a CZ 550 in 6.5x55 I would get it as soon as possible ... Perfect wolf and Caribou , sheep , goat , ect. round ..

Its funny to hear someone talk of the old swede like its something new. This cartridge has been around for over a hundred years and wont go away, why? Because it is a perfect blend of performance, recoil, report and accuracy.

I own two swedes, one a M96 and the other a Rem 700 classic, my classic has killed 13 whitetail deer and it never lets me down, shes my favorite after many others....

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Originally posted by fgulla:
Its funny to hear someone talk of the old swede like its something new. This cartridge has been around for over a hundred years and wont go away, why? Because it is a perfect blend of performance, recoil, report and accuracy....

on the nose roger

Its the smallest caliber allowed in Sweden for moose but you have to use a cal. larger than 8mm to see the them drop any faster.