Info on battlepack of 6.5 Swede?

[Ian]

I recently picked up a battlepack of 6.5 Swede ammo, and I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the stuff. The label reads:

6,5 mm
sk ptr m/94 prj m/41
Prickskytte 200 st

Any idea on when it was made, or the bullet weight, or what it's worth?

 

[whitefeather]

Headstamp is Swedish. Sweden never made any crappy ammo, so you should be good to go.

BTW.... how about some specifics as to where you got it and how much? I have a Swedish Mouser that's been beggin' to get fed, but I can't find any 6.5that doesn't require a second mortgage.

 

[Ian]

I found it at a gun show; a private seller had just the one battlepack on his table, along with other unrelated stuff. I paid $40 for it - figured at that price I couldn't go wrong (if the guy'd had more, I would have bought it too).

 

[El Tejon]

Was this the see through plastic sleeve, or did it come in a wooden box? IIRC, the wooden box stuff was corrosive.

Remember the wooden bullet stuff? That was some fun ammo.

 

[Ian]

It's an olive green plastic battlepack, with a handle in the top (like the packaging the SA 308 comes in). It's got ten boxes inside (can tell by feel), and my kitchen scale says it weighs about 12 pounds, so I doubt the bullets are wooden.

 

[atomchaser]

200 rounds for 40 bucks is a steal. I usually find the individual boxes of 20 for around 10 bucks.

I believe it is 139 gr fmj. It's good stuff.

 

[HorseSoldier]

m/41 is the 139 grain spitzer bullet loading. Great round, and a big step further towards being a real well concieved infantry round than most of its 7.5-8mm contemporaries. Sort of like 6.5mm Grendel's kinda-tall great uncle.

Now you just need to find a Ljungman to run it through . . .

 

[enfield]

It may be Berdan primed, though. Not a problem unless you reload.

 

[JohnKSa]

I've got a few packs of that stuff. Shoots sub-moa 3 shot groups at 100 yards out of my Swedes.