Thread: 6.5CM craze

As has been mentioned, ammo-availability, is a huge factor. In a way, the Market was trying to get away from the weak-action 6.5x55 hype (BS!). They knew it was a winner, from what down-loaded swedes could do, and what years of forums showed handloads could do in that same caliber, long before all the other 6.5-hybrids came along. Most hunters (USA at least) just want to buy grunty, off-the-shelf ammo. All us Swede-owners, just yawned and smiled, when it came along. It is a good all-rounder, and I've yet to see an inaccurate one...plus all you .308 guys should compare how many wet ph-books the two will go through, side-by-side with equivalent projectiles. You might be surprised. The US military was, back in the day, when the Swede out-performed the 7.62-Nato, by 9" into compressed-wet-sand-bags...so the "Sweedmore" should be adequate for most things,given that its 'almost' a x55....almost