Just picked up a savage axis precision in 270 winchester. I plan to rebarrel it to 6.5x55 swede. Using the long action so I can load longer bullets. In an old thread this was discussed but nobody ever mentions COL or preferred bullets or powders. Any help would be appreciated.
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I have a factory tikka in 6.5x55 and I’m running 143 eldx at 2750 with 45.0 grains of [email protected] col. I’m going to try some reloader 26 and see what happens
The swede has always been a “long” action cartridge. Tons of data on the cartridge with lots of bullets using quality brass. It does have a bastard case head size, which many bolts will accommodate. So as long as your bolt/extractor will accommodate the head diameter, you’ll be fine.
Thanks. I could be wrong but I believe the Swede can do anything the creedmoor can do.
It has more case capacity than the Creedmoor, so in a long action it should be able to do more
Loaded to the same pressures, the swede will stomp the shit out of a creedmoor and .260 for that matter. Remember when you’re looking at swede load data it’s 45k max psi as a safety measure for antique firearms. In your savage it can be loaded as hot as anything else.
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