... Swede ! Decided a while back to have a nice wood blue Left Hand rifle built. Collected parts on the 'Fire, AR and GB. And sent them off to Mr. Jim Kobe to be turned, carved and fitted. Turned out like this:






Not the greatest pics. But, best I can do today. LH Zastava action, Krieger 1:8" barrel at 24", Timney trigger, Gentry LH 3 pos safety, Jerry Fisher round bottom straddle floor plate, stock blank from Aaron Little over on AR. A little over 8 lbs scoped. Still need to do load work up. But, looks good and feels great in the hand. And, no apologies for the "old school" chambering...

Thank you, Mr. Kobe.

6.5x55mm?

Man that looks Sweet!!

Very very nice. Well done sir.

Yes , sir...

Jim does great work. Love that caliber and its perfect in a blued action and pretty wood stock. Well done.

Wood isnt my thing,

But that looks great!

What bases and rings?

Leupold, standard bases, 1" low (I think) rings. Still have enough clearance between bolt handle and ocular bell to come down another 0.100" without contact. May try a set of Dual Dove tail bases and 1" super low DD rings. Would like to move the rear ring back a little on the scope tube. Still a little tinkering to do.

How long did this take once everything was in hand?

Wood is my thing , Very nice. Enjoy and let us know how it shoots

Very nice, Orion! Congrats.

Good looking rig. I really like shooting the ppu match ammo outta mine. Cheap, consistently 1/2 to 3/4 moa and the brass is fairly nice to reload. I believe it's 129 gr. Stuff and I get it from SGammo. Still haven't worked up a hunting load I like for my 6.5*55

Beautiful gun in an overlooked classic caliber. I use H4350 for the 140 class bullets but many are going to R26 for more speed. I kinda like that people overlook it, I started with it and tried others and came back to the Swede. I’m not much for being like everyone else.

What a great looking rifle!!!

Beauty, well done!

Nice looking rifle. The Swede is sooooo nice to shoot. With that 06 length magazine you could shoot about any length bullet you like but the 140 covers most applications. Me likey.

Maybe you're behind the curve, but that's pretty well standard for 6.5x55mm rifles.

What is standard? The 140? The classic load is the 160 at 2350 - 2400 fps but with modern bullets the 140 works on about everything.

Sweet Rifle and good choice on the cartridge. Glade you didn't give in to any 6.5 fad cartridges.

Action length, "smart" guy.

Very, very nice, Orion2000. Congrats on a timeless, classic rifle!

If this is how you "break down", do it again! Very very nice.
If you haven't before, you should try to 130 gr. Barnes TTSX.
You may get a bit more speed and less drop than a conventional 140, and it is like throwing a blender blade through your target. DRT.

Right at a year start to finish, including a several month delay in the middle that was on me trying to sort out pattern stocks. I finally asked Mr. Kobe to source one, which he did.



Appreciate the input. Might have some 127gr LRX's from a previous project. However, will probably start off old school with 100/125gr NPT and/or 154/160gr RN.

Gorgeous rifle.....that would be artwork at my house....wouldn't need to group, well maybe once or twice.

Kind of interesting, but I have finished or am working on four different Left hand full custom rifles. they range from this one to a 458 Lott

Very nice, Orion. Congrats.

Very nicely done!