Need for Swede

[Mojave]

Fantastic cartridge.

Get good brass, there are guys selling once fired Norma and Lapua brass online gun broker from time to time. Shipped from Norway or Sweden.

Load a good bullet, use Norma or Lapua data so you can get a good load and not an anemic American load.

 

[AB3006]

your ability to hot rod the swede will depend somewhat on what rifle you get. The tikka, for example, is on a long action and has a very long throat. With spitzer bullets you have tons of room to seat them wayyyy out and get lots of powder space back. If you have a gun that lets you do this you probably won’t hit pressure signs until you’re several grains over book max, even for SKAN loads. Performance in that gun is more similar to 6.5x284 than 6.5 creedmoor, but you end up not being able to seat lighter/match bullets very close to the lands.

Other manufacturers might be more limited either in magazine length or throat, and not let you go beyond SAAMI spec COAL

That's valuable insight. Thanks. I've just started to reload for my Swede, and my Husqvarna 1900 seems to have a long throat. I will definitely play with bullet seating. I have a stack of PPU, S&B and a little Winchester brass, and I'm loading 130gr Sierra gamechangers.