"After I shot myself, my training took over and I called my parents..." Texas Grebner
"Take me with a grain of salt, my sarcasm does not relate well over the internet"
Jonathan Morehouse
I have seen this round a lot lately. Quite a few customs popping up over at our other site. Guys get board pretty quick over there, always wanting to try something new (old) etc. If I had an extra 2k I would have a swede on a Mauser action in the works, its like the 30-06 of Europe.
I myself am on my 3rd 6.5mm round, went through a brace of 260 rems moved on to the 264 win mag, getting a 6.5x47 barrel for my striker. I will never buy a creedmoore I just don't see it making it big in the long haul.
Stupid part about all this caliber jumping is I am selling my 300 win to go back to a 308 gen perp rifle.
"After I shot myself, my training took over and I called my parents..." Texas Grebner
"Take me with a grain of salt, my sarcasm does not relate well over the internet"
Jonathan Morehouse
C co 1/30th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division
2002-2006
OIF 1 and 3
IraqGunz:
No dude is going to get shot in the chest at 300 yards and look down and say "What is that, a 3 MOA group?"
Because you can (if you want to) run heavier bullets at higher velocities in the 6.5 Swede than you can in the other two, due to the larger case.
As I said; unless you're hell bent on shooting a 6.5 out of a short action rifle or an AR there's no reason to go with .260 Remington or the 6.5 Creedmoor. If you want to build a custom rifle on an easily available Rem700 Short Action, then either of those two would be more interesting. But if you are really focused on long range shooting, and you don't want to spend $3000 on a custom rifle, a $1448 Tikka T3 Sporter in 6.5x55 is really worth a good look (especially since you in the U.S. can buy them for about half of what they cost here in Sweden).
So if you are going long action... why not go with a real 6.5 like 6.5x284 or 264 win mag?
In your part of the world I'm sure you've got lots of reasons to use the swede. Here in the states, there isn't a single reason in the world other than someone's need to identify themselves by being different.
Greg Dykstra
Primal Rights, Inc.
"Real"? The 6.5x55 is pretty much the original 6.5 (the Carcano wins, but the "Swede" was a close second and has remained more popular with the long range crowd), so I don't know how much more "real" you can get than that? However, if you remember the OP said he has a broken collar bone that gives him problems; I don't think the 6.5x284 or .264 Win Mag would go over too well for him. Actually, all of the calibers you've mentioned thus far have greater recoil energy than the 6.5 Swede - including the .308 Win he's currently looking at!
So a mild recoil, flat shooting, highly accurate, commonly available caliber would be of no interest in the U.S.? Did you read IcanHitHimMan's previous post? Do you partake in long range shooting yourself? You think the 6.5x284 Norma (another Swedish caliber I might add - speaking of being different) would be less exotic than the long proven and renowned 6.5x55? No offense or disrespect, but your logic falters.In your part of the world I'm sure you've got lots of reasons to use the swede. Here in the states, there isn't a single reason in the world other than someone's need to identify themselves by being different.
Again, based on the OP's circumstances and intended use, I really do think the Tikka T3 (especially the Sporter) in 6.5x55 is worth a look. Feel free to ask Todd Hodnett about what he thinks of this combo, I hear he knows a thing or two about these things.
Last edited by skullworks; 03-20-13 at 13:02.
While you are busy name dropping, trying to get people to buy fringe cartridges for no other reason than it's what you choose... I'll be over here trying to help people make decisions based on things that make sense.
You say the 6.5 swede is superior to 6.5 creed because it can launch heavy bullets faster, then say how the OP wants low recoil and 6.5x284 kicks too much, so it wouldn't matter anyway. You advocate a long action so you can run the 6.5 swede, knowing that it will need to behave exactly like a 6.5 creed, or else kick too much.
A 6.5 creedmoor in a SHORT ACTION running hornady 123 Amax is a combo that is is fairly unbeatable for those looking for flat trajectory and low recoil yet maintains some killing power.
Greg Dykstra
Primal Rights, Inc.
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