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6.5MM Swed m/94 ammo???

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SNEAKY PETE	6.5MM Swed m/94 ammo???	Lead	[-]
Posts: 113 (08/26/09 05:43 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None old Sneaky Pete here: Does anyone know FOR SURE-POSITIVELY if the 1956 "Linked" 6.5 Swed ammo advertised by SAMCO as corrosive/berdan is corrosive or NOT. I have been seing both pro and con about the "Corrosiveness" Some have said tht the Sweds did not make corrosive ammo??? I'd appreciae info as it is NOT corrosive I would like to buy several hundred rounds of it. THANX--SNEAKY
Crunch130		#1	[-]
Posts: 914 (08/26/09 08:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Pete, I'm no expert on Swede surplus ammo, because I handload everything I feed mine. However, given that this cartridge came out in the 1890's, I'll guarantee that plenty of 6.5X55 was corrosive. If they say it is, why doubt? Is there any chance you may be thinking of Swiss GP-11 ammo, which I do believe was all non-corrosive? Another question to ponder - if this is machine gun ammo, how do you know for sure it isn't loaded to higher pressure that what you should use in an M94 action? Especially for the prices that non-reloadable surplus is selling for these days, I would find the data for it and ask questions. There was some Danish 6.5X55 out there that is ABSOLUTELY unsafe to fire. No importer is going to make sure that imported surplus ammo conforms to present-day SAAMI standards - you bear that risk entirely on your own. Maybe someone on this forum is familiar with it and can give it a good recommendation. Crunch Last Edited By: Crunch130 08/26/09 09:09 PM. Edited 2 times.
Swedeman		#2	[-]
Posts: 711 (08/27/09 08:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The other Swedish website has a whole thread on this subject .... go here: http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?t=122018
SNEAKY PETE	To SwedMan---read your link	#3	[-]
Posts: 114 (08/28/09 08:13 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	old Sneaky Pete here: SwedMan I clicked on your link and after reading I'm convinced that that 1956 "Linked" is NON Corrosive and am planning to go up to SAMCO on Mon. and get 2-250 round belts..THANX for the help SNEAKY.
bigbill.theswissriflesd...		#4	[-]
Posts: 9 (10/24/09 11:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm to the point were i clean ever gun the sameway as if it was corrosive ammo wether its corrosive ammo or not this way i don't wake up in the middle of the night trying to remember if i did it right.....i sleep better now.......
SNEAKY PETE	The SAMCO "Linked" 6.5 with the '56 H/S is NOT corrosive	#5	[-]
Posts: 117 (10/27/09 08:47 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Old Sneaky back and sorry I'm so late posting this: Bot I sent an enquiry to that military acquaintance who is an Official with the Swedish Defence Ministry asking about he 6.5 W/ a H/S of 56(made in 1956) and he sent me an "E"mail back that the Sweds did NOT use Corrosive primers in '56-- he did go on to say that ammo made in 56 might be quesionable because of the age of the brass case???----Also to be noted---- SAMCO advertised that the projectiles weighed 146gr BUT I pulled at random 10 projectiles--5 each from the 2 belts I bought and the average weight was 140gr on my Lyman 1200 digital---so i suspect that the rounds are the 139gr FMJ. At the range they were 2>3 MOA accurate- supported 10 round groups--again sorry I'm late with this. THANX--SNEAKY A Slave is someone who is Forced to act for the benefit of another--think TAXPAYER--IRS, A little bit of Slavery is still Slavery. M/sgt GENO

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