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Does any one have a line on Remington 6.5X55 Swede brass? looking to buy fron and individual or a retailer. Like 200 or more cases

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I gave up searching for RP and WW and ended up buying some hornady (from midway I think) and a bunch of Prvi Partisan (from Graf's) to feed my swede's That Prvi stuff is good! I think the head diameter on Prvi is the true euro diameter for the swede but US made brass might be closer to the .473 used by nearly every other cartridge.

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Do you know the head diameter on the Hornady brass?

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I found 100 cases here on the fire. You might put a WTB in the classifieds.

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You could always buy some factory Lapua ammo from Bullets.com at close out prices (around $60/box of 50) and then have fire formed Lapua brass after shooting...


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The American brass has case heads closer to the .473, some a little bigger but still functions OK. Lapua can give some rifles trouble if it doesn't have a claw extractor.

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how much do ya need, how about just buying a couple of boxes of Rem or Federal factory ammo...


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Second on the Privi brass.

Only one problem here, the primer pockets were real square.
Quick twist of a neck reamer, and all is well.


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Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Second on the Privi brass.

Only one problem here, the primer pockets were real square.
Quick twist of a neck reamer, and all is well.


I had to get the tapered Lyman primer uniformer tool and still use the neck champfer tool. After that they were fine.


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My Swede was set up for Lapua brass and that’s all I use.

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Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
My Swede was set up for Lapua brass and that’s all I use.

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Now, if that sounded a bit snobbish, you have to understand, my Swede is a bigtime Lapua snob. Not only does it like Lapua brass, it prefers Scenar bullets, the 139 gr. Scenar and 155 gr. Mega. And with Norma MRP powder.

So, I blame it on the rifle... grin

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Snobbish? You? Nah....
I stumbled across bullets.com huge sale looking for some 300SAUM stuff, and saw they had Lapua factory 6.5x55 ammo with the Scenar (123 and 139) for a little over $1/round. Noticed that Lapua loads the 123 Scenar to 2 different velocities, with the hotter load a bit over 3,000 fps.
Hard to pass that up, so i guess I’m a Lapua snob now too....


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Originally Posted by Kimber7man
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Snobbish? You? Nah....
I stumbled across bullets.com huge sale looking for some 300SAUM stuff, and saw they had Lapua factory 6.5x55 ammo with the Scenar (123 and 139) for a little over $1/round. Noticed that Lapua loads the 123 Scenar to 2 different velocities, with the hotter load a bit over 3,000 fps.
Hard to pass that up, so i guess I’m a Lapua snob now too....

Careful, it'll jump off on ya.... shocked

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