How long does Swedish ammo last?

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I've got several boxes of the the standard Swedish 6.5x55 surplus ammo left from from 200 rounds I bought off Lever Arms years ago. It's now 30 years old.
Some of the brass has little tarnish spots. Can I still shoot it?


Got the info below off another site:

Skarp patron m/94
m/41 prickskytte
(live cartridge m/94, bullet m/41)

This is the most commonly available Swedish surplus cartridge with it's 139 grain (9 grams) boattail bullet. Originally developed for the m/41 sniper rifles, it replaced the m/94 bullet for general use. Velocity is 2592 fps (790 m/s) in the m/96 rifle.
 
Don't know about it being developed for the M41 sniper rifle. My Swedish brother in law told me "prickskytte" refers to "practice", that is, for range use.
The ammunition should be just fine to shoot.
 
Prickskytt= sharpshooter/sniper
As the "Prickskytte" refers to the ammunition, I would suggest that it is "ammunition for sharpshooters" or perhaps what we would refer to today as "match" ammunition.

O'Kelly's Boys
 
Dunno about this swedish stuff, but I currently don't have milsurp ammo younger than 30 years old in my cabinet and I got alot. Shoots fine - tarnish spots and all.
 
MD said:
I've got several boxes of the the standard Swedish 6.5x55 surplus ammo left from from 200 rounds I bought off Lever Arms years ago. It's now 30 years old.
Some of the brass has little tarnish spots. Can I still shoot it?
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I shoot it all the time in my Swedes without any problems at all. In fact, it's the ONLY ammunition I've found accurate in my 3 Swedish sniper rifles.

Swedish Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19

Swedish Service Ammunition (click here)http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/swedishservicerifles/swedishserviceammunition

Regards,
Badger
 
That Swede ammo was very common surplus fodder up to 15 years ago or so. It's nothing special (as in 'sniper ammo') but it always went bang and shot well!
 
That Swede ammo was very common surplus fodder up to 15 years ago or so. It's nothing special (as in 'sniper ammo') but it always went bang and shot well!
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This ammo may be surplus to us today, and thus nothing special, but that was not the case 60 years ago.

I am not a specialist, but I can read and research.

My info is from an 8 page article in the Finnish gun magazine, 'Ase-lehti', #5/98. If you do a Google search for "prickskytte" and/or "gevär m/41" you will find lots of info to confirm the following.

Concerning the 6,5mm sk ptr m/94 prj m/41 prickskytte
sk = live ammunition
ptr m/94 = patron m/94 = 6,5mm cartridge for the model 94 rifle
prj m/41 = projektil m/41 = bullet for the model 41 rifle
prickskytte = sharpshooter/match ammunition

bullet weight: 9,0g spitzer boat tail (nickel jacket over lead core)
velocity: 790m/s (m/96)
powder: 3,0g NC1220

This ammo was designed for the then new m/41 rifles. Approx 5300 select m/96 rifles were chosen from 1941-1943 to be converted into the new sniper version; the m/41 (there was also a later improved m/41b). The bolts were turned down to clear the issued scope (German ZF Ajack 4x90, and later the Swedish AGA 3x65 and 3x64). A total of 6 were issued to each infantry company (thats at least 1 per platoon).

With the help of your cereal box decoder ring you can read the plate/decal on the stock of your m/41 rifle and it will indicate the sight calibration for the prj m/41 ammo in addition to the m/94 fodder ammo.

This ammunition was the match ammo of the day designed for the Swedish m/41 sniper rifle.

Tarnish spots on the brass are not a problem.

Cheers,

O'Kelly's Boys
 
You must dispose of this ammo at once...PM me for my mailing address. :D

On a serious note, I just did an inventory of my Swedish stuff tonight, and I'm down to 20 rounds of the copper jacket, and 15 rounds of the nickle jacket stuff. :eek:

I have saved the spent brass of the stuff I have already used but I'm not sure how or if I would re-load them.

But for the record they worked just fine in my M38 Swede.
 
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MD said:
I've got several boxes of the the standard Swedish 6.5x55 surplus ammo left from from 200 rounds I bought off Lever Arms years ago. It's now 30 years old.
Some of the brass has little tarnish spots. Can I still shoot it?


Got the info below off another site:

Skarp patron m/94
m/41 prickskytte
(live cartridge m/94, bullet m/41)

This is the most commonly available Swedish surplus cartridge with it's 139 grain (9 grams) boattail bullet. Originally developed for the m/41 sniper rifles, it replaced the m/94 bullet for general use. Velocity is 2592 fps (790 m/s) in the m/96 rifle.
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Swiss bullets are like Swiss cheese... they age very well. :D
If they are stored in a dry environment they are god for a very long time.
 
Calum said:
You must dispose of this ammo at once...PM me for my mailing address. :D

On a serious note, I just did an inventory of my Swedish stuff tonight, and I'm down to 20 rounds of the copper jacket, and 15 rounds of the nickle jacket stuff. :eek:

I have saved the spent brass of the stuff I have already used but I'm not sure how or if I would re-load them.

But for the record they worked just fine in my M38 Swede.
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This ammo took Berdan primers, so the brass has twin flash holes rather than the one hole for Boxer primers. So unless you have a system for extracting Berdan primers, you're SOL.

O'Kelly's Boys
 
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