cheapest 6.5 swedish ammo per round

[Carolina Kalash]

Tomorrow I'll be picking up a Swede M1938 Carbine (very excited about it by the way ). At this place I got it, they give you a free box of ammo when you purchase a firearm. What they gave me was Wolf 139gr FMJ Boat Tail. The price tag stuck to it says $25. Now I've looked around and the cheapest 6,5x55 I've found is PPU for $13-$15 per box. That's not bad, but aside from reloading (which I have plans to get into one day, and I'll be saving my brass) is there any cheaper 6,5x55 out there? I've found nothing in the way of Swedish milsurp ammo, aside from the stuff that has wood bullets

 

[cluttonfred]

That PPU ammo looks like the cheapest out there right now: http://ammoseek.com/ammo/6.5x55mm

 

[Carolina Kalash]

Wow that website is handy, I'll be downloading the app

 

[maxxhavoc]

Get the PPU.
-It is typically more accurate than Remington/Winchester (non-match grade) in the same gun.
-The brass is good for reloading
-In antique foreign calibers, many ammo manufacturers load ammo to a lower pressure. I assume this is to avoid liability. Prvi/PPU and S&B do not; you get the real deal.

 

[jrdolall]

I hunt deer with my sporterized Swede. The PPU was not accurate out of my gun. It tended to spray and I could never get tight patterns. I wound up buying some Nosler ammo for hunting and it is very accurate for me. It is over $30 a box but, since I only shoot about a box a year, it doesn't matter. I never researched a low cost ammo but I have saved my brass and could set up to reload. It was fired twice at deer this year and both planted within 20 yards so reloading may not be something I need to do as I shoot it so little.

 

[morcey2]

Another advantage PPU has over win/fed/rem is that the case head is the correct size instead of being made the same size as the 30-06/8x57/308/etc. I think, but I'm not sure, that Nosler and Hornady use the correct case head size and any European manufactured cases will.

Matt

 

[Float Pilot]

Welcome to the world of Swedish Mauser's. US brass is generally undersized. However the Federal factory 140gr stuff is pretty accurate. pMC is cheap, but horribly undersized. There is some super cheap stuff called Igmann that is almost dangerous to shoot. I tried a bunch for the brass and I broke my deprimer rod because the flash holes were way off center. THE BEST BRASS is Lapua. The next best is Norma. While it may seem expensive, Laupa brass can be reloaded 14 times. Plus it is the perfect size. Thus it makes accurate loads. Swede Mauser's are all about accuracy! Your m/38 is a short rifle, not a carbine. The m/94 is the carbine.

 

[Paul7]

PPU is the cheapest, but I wouldn't use it for hunting. I once had one of their hunting loads completely fragment on a 35 lb. wild hog. Killed it, but still.....I use Norma 156 gr. for cow elk.

 

[elwoodm]

just shot some 139gr privi yesterday. it was running at 2500 fps out of a m96. the groups were 2 inches at 100 yrds. not bad for the first time shooting a 116 year old rifle. now i am a fan of the old swedish mauser

 

[viking499]

My 6.5 likes Wolf Gold SP. Good brass too.

 

[Float Pilot]

While my Husqvarna m/38 is not nearly as accurate as my m/96 or CG-63, it still does ok with hand-loads. It has won more than a few shooting matches with the original iron sights.