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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).
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.
The round of ammunition is also known as 6.5×55 Krag, 6.5×55 Scan (Scandinavia), 6.5×55 Mauser, 6.5×55 Swedish, and 6.5×55 Nor (Norwegian), but they all referred to the same cartridge. Some historians have assumed that there was a difference in cartridge blueprint measurements between Swedish and Norwegian 6.5×55mm ammunition, but this ...
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]
During the Winter War, Finland captured a number of SVT-38 rifles, and at least one found its way to Sweden. The Ag m/42 was designed by Erik Eklund of the AB C.J. Ljungmans Verkstäder company of Malmö, [5] loosely following SVT mechanics around 1941, and entered production at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna in 1942.
The original and historical 6.5×55 mm specification (from the 1890s, which is also used as a general to describe all these chamberings), the 6.5×55 SE (1984 by C.I.P), 6.5 × 55 SKAN (1990 by the Scandinavian shooting associations, and arguably the most widely used chambering), and 6.5×55 Swedish (1993, SAAMI).
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;