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The Swedish Mauser arms had a relatively tight 200 mm (1 in 7.87 in) twist rate optimized for stabilizing the relatively long heavy bullets used in the Swedish 6.5×55mm military service ammunition. It was also used in several light, medium and heavy machine guns such as the Schwarzlose , Browning BAR , Kg/1940 Light machine gun , Bren Gun ...
Swedish Mauser. 6.5 mm Gevär m/1896. Pattern, approved 20 March 1896. m/38 short rifle, m/41 sniper rifle, m/94 carbine. "Swedish Mausers" are a family of bolt-action rifles based on an improved variant of Mauser 's earlier Model 1893, but using the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge, and incorporating unique design elements as requested by Sweden ...
The 6.5×57mmR Mauser (designated as the 6,5 × 57 R by the C.I.P.) [5] is a rimmed variant of the 6.5×57mm Mauser. The rimmed variant was designed for Break action or break-open rifles and is almost identical to the rimless variant except for the rim and a significant lower P max piezo pressure. [1][2][5] After WW2, one of the types of German ...
Austrian military cartridge from 1908. The 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer also known as 6.5×54 Mannlicher–Schönauer Greek or simply 6.5 Greek is a 6.5 mm (.264" cal.) rimless rifle cartridge used in the Mannlicher–Schönauer rifle. It is the direct descendant of the 6.5×53mmR rimmed cartridge from the 1891 Mannlicher rifle, designed ...
The 6.5×52mm Carcano, also known as the 6.5×52mm Parravicini–Carcano or 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano, is an Italian military 6.5 mm (.268 cal, actually 0.2675 inches) rimless bottle-necked rifle cartridge, developed from 1889 to 1891 and used in the Carcano 1891 rifle and many of its successors. A common synonym in American gun literature ...
The 6.5 mm (.264 caliber) has been extremely popular in Europe and especially in the Scandinavian countries and this trend continues today. [5] The 6.5×52mm Carcano, 6.5×53mmR (.256 Mannlicher), 6.5×54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer, 6.5×55mm Swedish Mauser, 6.5×58mmR Krag–Jørgensen and the 6.5×58mm Portuguese are among these cartridges of originally military European origin.
The 6 and 6.5 have relatively light recoil compared to high BC bullets of greater caliber and tend to be shot by the winner in matches where accuracy is key. Examples include the 6mm PPC, 6mm Norma BR, 6×47mm SM, 6.5×55mm Swedish Mauser, 6.5×47mm Lapua, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 Grendel, .260 Remington, and the 6.5-284.
After the Swedish name, the international name is shown. ... Swedish 6,5 mm m/94, 6.5×55mm Mauser; 7,62 mm ptr 10, 7.62×51mm NATO; 8 mm m/39, 7.92×57mm;