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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.
6.5mm Remington Magnum, belted bottlenecked cartridge; 6.5×42mm, also known as 6.5 MPC (Multi Purpose Cartridge), centerfire rifle cartridge; 6.5×47mm Lapua, smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge; 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka, Japanese military cartridge; 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano, Italian military cartridge
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 3.22 Long Rifle, 4.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 5.17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7 ... Originally adapted from Hawks Rifle Cartridges;
The 6.5mm Creedmoor (6.5×48mm), [6] designated 6.5 Creedmoor by SAAMI, 6,5 Creedmoor by the C.I.P. [4] is a centerfire rifle cartridge introduced by Hornady in 2007. [7]It was developed by Hornady senior ballistics scientist Dave Emary in partnership with Dennis DeMille, the vice-president of product development at Creedmoor Sports, hence the name.
The 6 mm and 6.5 mm cartridges are probably the most well known for having high BCs and are often used in long range target matches of 300 m (328 yd) – 1,000 m (1,094 yd). 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.
The 6.5mm Grendel is an intermediate cartridge jointly designed by British-American armorer Bill Alexander, competitive shooter Arne Brennan (of Houston, Texas) and Lapua ballistician Janne Pohjoispää, as a low-recoil, high-precision rifle cartridge specifically for the AR-15 platform at medium/long range (200–800 yard).
Alteration of the original 6.5×53mmR caliber chamber by re-chambering the rifle barrel with a 6.5x57R [18] (see:6.5×57mm Mauser) chamber reamer has also been done, but the overall length of the original 6.5×53mmR Dutch or Romanian cartridge has to be maintained by seating the projectile more deeply into the cartridge case to fit the original ...
6.5mm Creedmoor, 6.5×48 mm, introduced in 2007 6.5×47mm Lapua , a 2005 cartridge that fires the same diameter and weight 9.0g bullet as the 6.5×54mm but achieves a faster muzzle velocity 6.5×53mmR , the rimmed Romanian and Dutch service rifle cartridge from the 1890s through World War II