6.5x55 Milsurp availability
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(((Echo)))
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- Old Man Land, AB
I have seen a whole lot of nada, zip, zero, zilch & sweet-fu*k-all 
for surplus locally (big surprise there ) and with the price of commercial, this would be a good one to reload for.
(E)
for surplus locally (big surprise there ) and with the price of commercial, this would be a good one to reload for. (E)
Frontier Firearms has Igman 6.5x55 which is the next best thing to surplus in price.
http://www.frontiertaxidermy.com/html/ammo.html
http://www.frontiertaxidermy.com/html/ammo.html
thebuckhunter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
Swede milsurp is like finding Ljungman-fired brass.
The odds are as good as winning the lottery.
-Jason
The odds are as good as winning the lottery.
-Jason
There are still some to be had in the States. I got some for myself, but at the price they're going for they are more of a collectible than surplus. One can easy find commercial loaded ammunition (and I'm not saying Ingman - which gave me dirty necks all the way down to half the case sometimes) but regular US manufactured hunting ammo. Not a viable option if shooting a large quantity is in perspective..... so x1 on reloading.
I have seen lots of WWII and postwar production 6.5x55 surplus at local gunshows in the last year. They came in 20 round boxes for $13...not a true :surplus: deal, but surplus none the less. This stuff is also very high quality ammo.
do you or anyone else from the Peg have to contact info for these folks? i believe they are called camofluage surplus or something, i need to get a coulpe boxes of this stuff, and if the gun likes it, a lot more....
Can the ingman bullets be reloaded or are they crimped in primers or whatever prevents you from reloading? Never heard of them and I just picked up a husquvarna 6.5x55 and would like to find ammo to shoot and then use the brass to collect in order to reload.
If you can find the yugoslavian prvi partisan ammunition, it shoots well and is reloadable. No longer made is my understanding. You could get it in the 80's for around $10-11 a box and it was available as fmj or sp. I have a very large stash of brass from it back when it was readily available and I reload it for hunting.
I also have a great deal of Norma match grade fmj boat tail ammo, but its not reloadable brass, it has that "other" style of primer pocket. I'd be willing to trade 5-10 boxes of norma match grade ammo for 223 hp ammo if anyone is interested in something good for target shooting. Knocks down bowling pins at 300 yards, no problem.
I remember a 6.5x55 surplus ammo you could get back in the 70's and it was very high pressure. You wouldn't want to shoot it through a ljungman.
I also have a great deal of Norma match grade fmj boat tail ammo, but its not reloadable brass, it has that "other" style of primer pocket. I'd be willing to trade 5-10 boxes of norma match grade ammo for 223 hp ammo if anyone is interested in something good for target shooting. Knocks down bowling pins at 300 yards, no problem.
I remember a 6.5x55 surplus ammo you could get back in the 70's and it was very high pressure. You wouldn't want to shoot it through a ljungman.
I recently reloaded about fifty rounds of Igman 8x57 that I picked up at the range and had no problems loading it with cast bullets that shot really well from one of my K98 rifles. That said, I've heard complaints about the brittleness of Igman brass and cannot say how many reloads they can bear. Other criticisms I've heard of were primer holes that are too small or off-centre.
Regards,
Frank
I've been reloading some Imperial brass as well as Privi Partisan for years now. I still have a few boxes of each that are still factory loads. I have fired thousands of rounds from my Husquavarna short rifle as well as my Krag Jorgensen and have never had to throw a case away yet. Both those manufacturers have good brass. My Dad had several thousand rounds of "Rano" 159 grain soft point that he bought in the late 70's. I believe it was hunting ammo used by the Scandinavians for seal hunting and it shoots awesome and fast. He still has a few packets left. He wishes now he had bought a lot more of it back then right about now. I saved a few hundred fired cases from that Rano stuff, but it is Berdan primed (although a small primer almost the same size as our boxer primers. Just a touch bigger). I have no idea if we can even get Berdan primers here or if the cases could be modified to use regular boxer primers. Shame to throw all those lovely cases away.
We also had 2 Ljungman AG42's and that Rano stuff worked flawlessly in those too. That is the only surplus 6.5 ammo I ever shot or even saw before for that matter. Dad and I both shoot sporterized Swedish short rifles and they are so deadly! Everything in a spot the size of a dime at 100 yeards EVERYTIME! Can you imagine what a fellow would have to pay for a new commercial rifle today with accuracy like that? Gotta love that 6.5 X 55!
Allan
We also had 2 Ljungman AG42's and that Rano stuff worked flawlessly in those too. That is the only surplus 6.5 ammo I ever shot or even saw before for that matter. Dad and I both shoot sporterized Swedish short rifles and they are so deadly! Everything in a spot the size of a dime at 100 yeards EVERYTIME! Can you imagine what a fellow would have to pay for a new commercial rifle today with accuracy like that? Gotta love that 6.5 X 55!
Allan
