6.5x55 loads for pigs

[Mr.x]

What’s your pet loads for for the old Swiss ? Have a old sporter that I love to shoot and looking at maybe some 140g sst never tries them so open to what ever works well on pigs and dogs.

Cheers

[No1Mk3]

By which you mean the old "Swede"!

[Mr.x]

Ah yes Swede not the Swiss !

[bladeracer]

What’s your pet loads for for the old Swiss ? Have a old sporter that I love to shoot and looking at maybe some 140g sst never tries them so open to what ever works well on pigs and dogs.

Cheers

No pigs down here, but I'd be looking at cheaper bullets for close-range pigs.
Speer HotCor 140gn, or Hornady Interlock 129gn or 140gn.
The Hornady 160gn RN hits pretty hard, but they're not cheap nowadays.

Rebels have some S&B 140gn SP's pretty cheap.
https://www.rebelgunworks.com.au/collections/projectiles/products/sellier-bellot-bullets-264-diameter-6-5-mm-140-grain-sp-100pk2928

[No1Mk3]

G'day Mr.x,
I haven't shot pigs with my Swedes but when I was younger I shot deer with Norma 139g Dual Core and 156g Soft Point both of which worked fine. I have used very similar cartridges on pigs, the 6.5 Mannlicher is one, using Sierra 140g Gameking. I think the Hornadys should work fine on anything you want to hunt with the 6.5x55, Cheers.

[LawrenceA]

Have not shot pigs with the 6.5 for years but when I did I had trouble getting 140gn and even 129gn Hornady's to expand. Ended up with 120grainers.
That was like 30 years ago though.