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My 6.5x55s (2 of them) shoot 120 gr bullets at 2900 fps and 130s at 2800 fps. Ballistically, out to 300 yards, the difference between the 270 Win 130 gr Swift Scirocco II at 3060 fps and the 6.5 mm 130 gr Scirocco at 2800 fps is less than 1.5 inches.

Have to say that I'd go with my blued Model 70 that I rebarreled from 270 Win to 6.5x55. My extra Model 70 SS in 270 Win will be a donor rifle for another caliber at some point. If I'm going 270 anything, it will be my WSM. All in left hand.

But that's just my opinion...