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My grandson and I were making up some loads to zero the scope. I asked him to get a box of Hornady 140 SSTs and some brass from my workshop. This is what he found on the shelf. I use Lapua 6.5x55mm brass. The cases in the ammo box are Lapua. The surprise he fetched is in the bag.



I thanked him, but said that I wanted the Lapua. We went into what we call Shawn's Tornado Room (cold cellar) and he showed me where he found them. They were in a cooler marked 6.5 Swede, and had to have been there for a long, long time. "You must have forgotten them." he said, but I explained that they were undersized, so I stopped using them. American made 6.5x55mm brass was undersized at the rim (and still is, I believe). This wasn't well known in the 1970s and 1980s. I was told this by someone at my club, after I had been experiencing extraction problems. I thought that it was because the rifle was military surplus.



I had purchased two bags from Lovetts, a shop in Kitchener, Ontario, many years ago. Some of you might remember the place. I'm not sure if the original owner, Keith Lovett, is still alive. The last time I talked to him he said that he had sold the place and was moving to NS. That was over 10 years ago. The second owners have since closed the doors.

I showed my grandson the difference by micing the rims. The Remington rim was 0.472 inches. The lapua was 0.479 inches. I remember having extraction problems, but when I switched to the Euro brass, the problem went away. Funny what difference an extra few thou makes.