Re: Need help with 6.5x55 Swede
Simply said,some bullets like a huge jump and it works against all the stuff we have learned doesnt it.I have one gun that shoots best at magazine length about a 100 thou also so dont worry as this is the nature of each and every barrel being slightly different to each other.Some barrels like it to be jammed .020 thou into the lands.I think you are going in the right direction.If you try re17 you are in for a ride as it is tough to tune in many rifles.Go over to accurateshooter.com and read some of the threads on the swede.I have 4 swede's and love them.My military ones like a jump and a 160 gr round nose to shoot as they were intended.My rugerMKIIm77 in 6.5x55 is a finicky bugger and I found it like the 140 class bullets and the 120 class bullets period.Now it has a pencil barrel(light sporter) and it heats up way to fast.I will rebarrel later to a light varmint tube (shilen) and see what it can do then.It is a hunters dream,low recoil and for a sporter it shoots under moa.
Re: Need help with 6.5x55 Swede
Re: Need help with 6.5x55 Swede
I use IMR-3031 and Sierra bullets. I have taken whietails here in ky, out to 500yds across hay and bean fiels, I use mostly 120gr. Sieraa sp, or the 140SP. You dont have to have a barnburner load, with those long6.5 bullets, Sectional Density and Ballistic Coefficent is thru the roof. Ihav built a bunch of swedes, over 100, I know what it takes to make them shoot, most of mine were7 1/2 or 8twist rifles. Most will shoot sub 1/2 MOa with a hunting load. PM me for further load data.
