True, but name me a 6.5mm/.264" bore cartridge with a .473" bolt face and a case length longer than 55mm/2.165" that is available as factory loaded ammo in the U.S.?
PRVI sells 6.5x57 in the US.
I understand what you're saying and I'm a big fan of the x57 case which shares all the traits of the x55 case.
I do think that the ardor for the 6.5x55 would be significantly lessened if the 6.5-06 would have been legitimized long ago.
I also think that if the 6.5-06 were legitimized tomorrow the popularity of the Swede would take a pretty good hit.
No competition in the bore size has been a good thing for the cartridges popularity.
There is a reason the 7x57 is almost non-existent as a factory chambering in bolt action rifles. It doesn't quite fit right in anything and what it does fit can be had chambered in cartridges with superior ballistics.
