Originally Posted by CRS
Here is my take on this old thread having owned and shot both.

After messing around with the odd rim size, various throat lengths, differing twists, pressures. I came to my Looney senses and realized I was messing with all the 6.5 oddities when I already had a perfectly good cartridge in my safe.

I can easily load my 270 to achieve the soft recoil of the Swede with matching ballistics.

The only time I can see a benefit to the Swede is when using a true intermediate length action... or for looneyism/nostalgia.
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For me, it's about nice rifles, not what they're chambered for. Anyone that thinks there's practical, significant difference between cartridges in the deer woods is delusional. The moose kill study proves that.


What fresh Hell is this?