Originally Posted by
davemuzz
I load all of my 6.5x55 Swede's with Lapua or Norma Brass. I also headspace my bull barrel and my sporter barrel with headspace gauges. The key to prevent brass growth, just like you do when you have a factory rifle, is to first determine the headspace of the chamber with one piece of once or twice fired brass. Then you simply adjust either a F\L die or a body die so that your brass has 2-thousands of free headspace to chamber.
I will get 15 to 20 reloads from quality brass for my 6.5 Swede and I load them just a tad over the recommended maximum as this gives the 140gr. bullets just enough velocity to get one ragged hole at 100 yards, and sub-MOA at the longer 400+ yardages.
Dave