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6.5 × 55 SE is the European C.I.P. designation with SE being the Swedish two-letter ISO country code. [7] 6.5×55 Swedish is the American SAAMI designation (official SAAMI abbreviation 6.5×55). [8] [9] 6.5 × 55 SKAN is the Scandinavian designation used by the Scandinavian shooting associations DFS, DGI and SvSF. [10]
All Swedish Mausers other than trials rifles were chambered for the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge, and all Swedish-made actions were proof-tested with a single 6.5×55mm proof round developing approximately 455 MPa (65,992 psi) piezo pressure (55,000 CUP).
The 6.5-284 has been used extensively in benchrest competitions and is known as an extremely accurate long range round. Using an improved version of the 6.5-284, Rich DeSimone set a 1,000-yard (914.4 m) world record with a 1.564-inch (39.73 mm) group. [4]
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.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
6.5×53mmR, the rimmed Romanian and Dutch service rifle cartridge from the 1890s through World War II; 6.5×55mm Swedish, 6.5 mm cartridge model 1894, one of the most common cartridges in modern rifles built for the Scandinavian market
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Swedish 5,56 mm ptr 5, 5.56×45mm NATO; 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; 8 mm m/89, 8×58mmR Danish Krag; 8x63 mm patron m/32, 8×63mm Swedish MG; 12,7 mm m/40, 12.7×81mmSR Breda; 12,7 mm m/45, .50 BMG; 13,2 mm m/39, 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss