6.5x55mm Swedish
The original 6.5 sweetheart — gentle, accurate, and moose-proven, a hundred years before the Creedmoor made it cool.
Family
Rifle
Introduced
1894
Origin
Joint Swedish-Norwegian commission, Scandinavia
Military
Patron m/94 (Swedish and Norwegian service)
History
A joint Swedish-Norwegian military cartridge of 1894, the 6.5x55 served in Swedish Mausers and Norwegian Krags and stayed in Scandinavian service for decades. Scandinavian hunters proved its long, high-sectional-density bullets on moose for over a century. It quietly demonstrated everything the modern 6.5 boom rediscovered.
What it's used for
Iconic platforms
Swedish Mauser m/96 rifles beloved by collectors, plus modern Tikka, Sauer, and CZ hunting rifles in Europe.
Common load types
Soft point and polymer-tip hunting loads plus match ammo, with US factory loads kept mild for old military rifles.
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