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I was at a garage sale this weekend and picked up 3 old boxes of M-S Remington Kleanbore 160 grain cartridges that are labeled for use in the 1903 rifle.
One box has a dozen or so soft point steel jacketed cartridges that have a headstamp of 6.5 x 54.
There are also a number of cartridges with a headstamp of 6.7. They and the other box of 6.5m/m cartridges are all softpoint copper jacketed.
What's with the steel jackets?
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they were popular for use on heavy game....remember controlled expansion bullets were in their infancy and alot of experimenting was being done....
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magnet sticks to some cupronickel too. Cupronickel has some iron content. I have old Norma CN bullets that a magnet sticks to.
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BTW the 6.7 mark on some is normal....IIRC depending on source there were 3 separate diameters they were labeled as.....can get yah them all tonight when i get back home to my books if i remember to.....i picked up a couple boxes of old Kyonch 6.5x54 a year or so back cause i have a Greek Military M-S in 6.5x54(the boxes and rounds for display, not shooting)....only thing is what i got was the 6.5x53R for the earlier Romanian/Dutch gun 
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Have you slugged the bore on your Greek?
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nope havent.....dont have the stuff to do it and havent decided if im going to keep it or scrap it anyway cause i want to make it into more of a early Jeffery sporter i have pics of which requires a longer barrel(my gun has already been butchered, not cutting up a good collectible gun).....not to mention ammo is a bit hard to find.....someone was supposed to come out with some this year according to a press release last winter but ive not seen it actually materialize on price lists....
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Do you need dies? I have a set of RCBS 6.5x54 dies in very good, nay excellent condition with shell holder for $45. Check what RCBS is asking. I'm thinking the steel jacket bullets might be Norma.
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i think i have a set on the shelf.....will have to look....
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