favorite loads for 6.5x55 Swede

[Matthew T.]

What load gives you guys the best results in 6.5x55? I was thinking about using a Speer 120-grain spitzer with IMR 4350, but it seems like a lot of folks like the 140-grainers. If I went with that bullet weight (for white tail), it would give me an excuse to buy some Reloder 22.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I like a bulk Remington solf point loaded over 44 grains of H414.

My 6.5 is a sporterized '96 Mauser, and is long-throated. The longer bullets give better accuracy, because I can seat them closer to the rifling.

 

[USSR]

Matthew,

My 1,000 yard F Class load:

Lapua 6.5x55 brass
142 SMK
Russian or Fed 210 primer
48.0gr Reloader 22

Should work fine with other bullets in the 140gr weight range, but work up to it.

Don

 

[TooTaxed]

My Kimber-sporterized M96 shoots best with 140-gr bullets. I use 35-gr #4895 mil-surp bulk powder, which is great in everything from .223 NATO through .30-06 and 8-mm Mauser.

This has supplanted my trusty sporterized Springfield .30-06 for my favorite deer rifle...