SWEDE'S-TOUGH TO BEAT FOR VALUE...

[ratherbefishin]

I just picked up another swede in 6.5x55 from Tradex in Canada-mauser action,nice wood,barrel cut to 20'' and in excellent shape, bluing in good shape, excellent workmanship, bolt altered for a scope, weaver bases installed-all for $235.......thats tough to beat for value.Great caliber too,shot a lot of deer with it-low recoil,accurate and a bullet with one of the highest sectional densities available.It just does the job with no fuss...not bad for a cartridge going on 100 years old

[james]

Yup, I agree 100%.  I let a GB member have my Kimber sporter but still have a TC Encore, and a custom Savage in the caliber.  I haven't found anything better for Arkansas whitetails or Wyoming antelope.  I'm saving my matching numbered 96 and 96/38 Swedes as collectors.  The 38 has one of those rare elm stocks.

[Ahab]

I just picked up another swede in 6.5x55 from Tradex in Canada-mauser action,nice wood,barrel cut to 20'' and in excellent shape, bluing in good shape, excellent workmanship, bolt altered for a scope, weaver bases installed-all for $235.......thats tough to beat for value.Great caliber too,shot a lot of deer with it-low recoil,accurate and a bullet with one of the highest sectional densities available.It just does the job with no fuss...not bad for a cartridge going on 100 years old

Oh yah, and how did you do that? Tradex is a mutual fund in Canada.

[ratherbefishin]

www.tradeexcanada.com     I believe Alans Armory is where guys south of the border buy theirs.Too bad our respective governments are trying to make it look like they are ''doing something'' about fighting crime by virtually shutting down the border when it comes to buying ordinary sporting rifles and ammunition-I can't even import a scope now-the US ''homeland security'' has made it all but impossable

[nomosendero]

Yes, my Wife has hunted with one for years, great value indeed!

[BBF]

There is a a whole bunch of stuff that can't be imported anymore.However no problems with nuclear technology to India .

I had a look at that site and noticed a large No of Swedes or Husky's in 9.3x57 or 9.3 x62. I didn't even know there was such a thing. Anybody got one of either?
The prices are great.

[ratherbefishin]

although I've hunted with the 6.5x55 for years-shot a lot of deer with them,it was just last spring when I got my first 9,3x57-mainly for moose hunting.The 6.5x55 mainly uses 140 gr bullets-my 9,3 is loaded with 286 gr privipartizans-twice the weight.The main complaint about the 9,3x57 is it is considered to be a ''short range'-under 200 yard rifle-but the truth is most of our moose hunting is well under that-calling bulls in  to within 50 or  100 yards  so I don't see that as a detriment.Its old technology-big ,heavy soft nosed bullets moving around 2000 -2200fps-but hits like the hammer of Thor.

I figure a guy could have a 6.5x55 and a 9,3x57-and pretty well be covered for anything on North America from coyotes,deer, moose,black bear through  to grizzly.Tradex prices are good- you can get a rifle in excellent shape for between $250 and $300,about the best value around in a hunting rifle as far as I can see.Ammunition is readiy available in the 6.5x55, 8x57, and 9,3x62-but I had to reload for my 9,3x57-not as hard as I thought-Hornady sells the dies and you can make the brass by necking up  the 8x57 .

ps-did you know we can't even bring a  black powder percussion gun kit across the border anymore?.....deemed a potential ''threat''

[BBF]

Who says "No" to the BP kits, Our Customs or the US?
 
Re 9,3x 57 etc. I have a 45-70 and a 44 Rem Mag carbine so I am covered with the close range heavy bullets scenario. A 6.5x 55 is another story. It is more pleasant then a 30-06 so I will see what they have in a carbine. I don't want something with a 24" plus barrel.
BTW Do those side mounts place the scope over the center of the rifle or is it offset as well? I am a lefty and that is real important to me.

[ratherbefishin]

The 6.5x55 has  very  light recoil-and very accurate.Ballistically its trajectory  is identical to a 270 after 100 yards-but has a higher sectional density making it a more efficient as far as penetration.

I believe you CAN import  a flintlock BP kit -but NOT  a percussion BP  kit.Between the two countries its virtually impossable to shop in the US  for guns or ammunition anymore.I always picked up a couple of bricks of 22 ammunition-no more-it just isn't worth getting caught.To be legal you have to get an export licence from the US.Even buying a scope on E-BAY is subject to a $500 import licence -and takes months....and meanwhile there is a healthy black market trade for handguns[restricted] across the border-you can buy virtually anything you want in a downtown bar-even fully automatic weapons[prohibited in Canada]....we spent 2 billion dollars registering ordinary shotguns and rifles-and by their OWN statistics-NOT ONE SINGE LIFE WAS SAVED except in suicide by firearm[which they tout as a ''success''and justifying spending the money on the registration program-but they don't mention that the exact same DECREASE  was made up by a coresponding INCREASE in suicide by hangings]...we blew 2 billion taypayers dollars on bean counting so the government could look like they were ''doing something''-anyway-sorry for my rant-but hey-this might be CANADA-but its coming to US hunters  too.

I just bought my last swede carbine in a 20'' barrel for $235-very nice-the only thing I could possably want more would be  a mannlicher stock on it with a Norma peep sight[got one on my 9,3x57]Side mounts position the scope right on top-just like regular weaver mounts,but are considered to be less preferable[although my Parker Hale #3 303 has a side mount-and I have never had a problem with that.]