6.5 x 55 Swede vs. 6.5-284

[Sylus]

Good points streamerfish. If it boils down to something in the 2700s with a 140 class bullet I won't be bothered. Again, looking for a 400 yard solution for mountain species.

I have deliberated a lot if I want to step away from the 280. It's been a great gun and I have some great memories with it. However, variety is the spice of life and with keeping the action I can say it's still out kicking it, at least in part.

It's nice to hear some first hand accounts of people having good success with both cartridges.

 

[Ozarkansas]

In my experience of only one modern 6.5 swede. We were able to get it to outrun a 6.5 creed by roughly 50fps real world. But we didn't do a ton of powder testing

I’ve seen more gain than that over the creedmoor personally. I can just about match 24” creedmoor data from an 18” barrel, for example.

My current hunting load is a 140 grain gold dot going 2650 out of an 18” barrel, and I worked that load up to 2780 without any concerning pressure signs.

With the 127 grain LRX, I was comfortably pushing it at 2900, and it wasn’t until I got above 3000 that I was seeing reduced case life.

 

[Runningwater]

Lots of good options for you. I don't have too much to offer other than the rifle that was my only hunting rifle for a 15 year period was an old Swedish mauser that had been sporterized probably sometime in the 60s or 70s that I bought off a used gun rack for $140 at a local gun store while I was in college in early 90s. I proceeded to shoot coyote, whitetail, mulies, pronghorn, elk, a moose, and a mountain goat over that period with it. I missed a sheep (my fault). Very cool venerable old round. Pretty much everything was shot with factory norma 140s (which were pretty hot at the time compared to US stuff). Have fun with whatever you decide!