6.5 x55 reciepes?

[kernal_panic]

gonna start hand loading this one in the next 2 weeks. rifle is a 1906 carl gustov wearing a bsa 3-10 power scope. animal to be killed wild hogs in florida. was thinking 160 grain hornady rn or 160 grain serrias. what powder, bullet, and primer? i have a supply of federal and pmc cases.

 

[Vic303]

I think about any large rifle primer will do--use whatever you're comfortable with. Powder is variable too. I've had good luck with Varget and Reloader 19 (which is supposedly very similar to the original powder used in the Swedish military ammo. I like Hornady or Sierra bullets. You should get beter than expected penetration even with a 140gr bullet because of the sectional density of the 6.5mm bullet.

Vic

 

[Bob F.]

kernal: don't have my note book handy but I use IMR4831 &4350. Have also used H380-talk about nice metering!! Generally use CCI primers.
Never loaded the 160's. Only problem was a load approaching conservative max. Did the no-no and switched caseswithout backing down.
Pierced 2 primers before I realized what was happening. The other 8 rds are still in a box downstairs with red paint on the case heads!! Bought 100 new Winchester cases.

I agree the 140 would be plenty but I think I'd like the round nose on hogs, black bear. Just "be sure of your backstop!"

 

[kernal_panic]

you guys will laught but guess what i am using to reload this caliber....




a lee classic loader!

 

[Mikke]

I've heard good things about the 160gr Hornady bullets when used on moose here in Sweden.

Don't try to push the loads, the m/96 was built for relatively low preassure.

 

[Vic303]

My Speer load book indicates with an old military Swede you need to reduce max load by 1 gr.

 

[Manitou]

Swede Mausers have pretty long throats, so the 160 gr would be a good choice because you'll have more bullet sticking out of the case. I have a 1905 Carl Gustav Gevarsfaktori that had a #3 bore on the disk (Poor condition to the Swedes). It shoots great, but I was trying to seat the bullets long so that I could back them off the rifling a little bit, and no matter how long I seated them they still wouldn't touch the rifling. There must be some pretty good throat erosion possibly from early corrosive primers. Maybe that's why it was a #3. It still shoots great though.
I have used 36 gr. IMR3031 and 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets for whitetails here in Pa. Also used 38.5 gr of IMR4064 with 140 grain Sierra BTSP bullets.

 

[Steyr Hahn]

I've been using the Hornady as well as the Sierra 160 grain bullets with great success!
I recommend you use either H-1000 From 36.6 grains to 48.0 grains
or IMR-7828 From 35.9 grains to 45.0 grains.

And for the lawyers among us...
As always, it is recommended you use the above information only as a base line and follow well established reloading protocol when attempting to use load data of unknown origin.
Why would you do otherwise?