6.5x55 Swede

[Westy]

Thanks Guys for all the help!!!!!

[Chronos]

Couldn't help myself. I picked up a 6.5X55 Swede case at the range the other day. Long neck, skinny waist, ok if you like that sort of thing

so i looked at it and thought, now that would make a nice 6mm case so i necked it down and seated a 75gr vmax to 2.800" so it would feed out of a standard medium action. Damn it looks good, if you had an improved chamber cut i reckon you'd get 3400-3500fps out of a modern action, probably comparable to the 6 mm rem

here it is next to a .243 loaded with the same 75gr vmax, the swede case is 2.815 COAL, to fit in a tikka med mag.

Chronos

[Granting]

Damn it looks good, if you had an improved chamber cut i reckon you'd get 3400-3500fps out of a modern action, probably comparable to the 6 mm rem

Is that a custom build I see in your future?

[Westy]

Looks like a lot of work ahead of you Mr C

[Chronos]

Looks like a lot of work ahead of you Mr C

Not for a while? I've got plans already for either a .222 necked up to 6mm shooting 65gr Vmax or a 6BR shooting the same bullet a bit faster. I've also got a voice in the back of my head telling me a 30BR shooting 130gr Speer HP's would be awesome on goats and small pigs.

Chronos

[AusC]

I've also got a voice in the back of my head telling me a 30BR shooting 130gr Speer HP's would be awesome on goats and small pigs.

That's the deer trying to trick you into going after other game than them

[Chronos]

I've also got a voice in the back of my head telling me a 30BR shooting 130gr Speer HP's would be awesome on goats and small pigs.

That's the deer trying to trick you into going after other game than them

LOL, could be. Generally all the other voices in my head drown it out

I have the .243, 7-08 and .308 already but with my wife shooting the .204 i have nothing for myself between the .22 and the .243. I reckon a .222, .223 or 6br in a lite weight gun would be nice. A custom gun would be nice but there's no reason a tikka lite or CZ 527 in .222 or .223 wouldn't kill them just as dead, that said i don't own a savage or howa yet

Chronos