Annyone here with this rifle? I have one chambered in 6,5x55 who I bought back in 2009 brand new.
Unfotunately I vandalized the rifle when I was younger and dumber, here in Norway it is very usual to use a sound moderator so I had the barrel cut at about 49 cm or so and treaded.
I lost a lot of velocity when I did this, I was brand new too shooting and wasent aware of it. Annyhow I use the sound moderator all the time, its a smal light one thats mostly build innward the barrel but it takes most of the recoil and blow.
I havent always been happy with factory ammunition in this rifle neither hand loaded either altough the stock is beded proffesionaly, but now I have found some load that are accurate the 140 gr sierra gameking shots about 10 mm or better at 100 m, the lapua scenar about 20 mm and the sierra 85 gr varminter at about 15 mm or so. ( this bullet is history now, I have ordered the 100 gr Varminter)
Sometimes I hunt at dusk and down so I have a zeiss classic 2,5-10x50 with a german #4 reticle,, likes this riflescoope.
I am a bit engaged in the trigger when buying a new rifle, this I have tinker with myself. It now have a clean and crisp 1 kg trigger and the set trigger who is about 100-200 gr or so, but honest I think I rather have one trigger with a pull of about 250 gr ( 0,5 lbs) or so.
I have been told that the lock time with the set trigger is too long and that is a dissadventage rather than an advantage. Not much to do about that other than buying an aftermarked trigger, but when shooting long distanse at crow and goose with the rifle steady, the set trigger is ok.
Annyhow here in Norway all hunting and shooting can bee done with a 6,5x55 rifle, this is legal even one moose.
The last week or so I have serious consider this, one rifle for everything. Itt has its advantages and disadventages and there is something I likes about this rifle and somethinges I disslike, I am also a bit of a minimalist. Iff I do this I hunt with the 140 gr gameking, varminting with the 95 gr V Max or 100 gr sierra varminter, at the shooting range I use the 100 gr lapua scenar or I drop this bullet and use the prefered varmint bullet at the shooting range also. Then there will be only 2 bullets. ( less is more)
See what I end upp with, thats all for now.