Most places I have checked show as being out of stock on most manufacturers. There is some Norma available, but it is a little pricy. I may have no choice, but does anyone have a source for this brass?
Jim
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I thought I had some brass to load 6.5x55 Swedish, but I can't find any in my stuff.
Most places I have checked show as being out of stock on most manufacturers. There is some Norma available, but it is a little pricy. I may have no choice, but does anyone have a source for this brass? Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson. |
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Midsouth Shooters Remington on order, Lapua in stock
MidwayUSA Remington unavailable, seasonal run? Never heard that one before. Lapua out of stock, backorder okay, Norma pricey Graf's out of stock on all 6.5x55 What's going on? I've never seen this before? That Graf's price on Lapua sure does look good. But what good is it if they are out of stock. Might have to backorder. If push comes to pull, I've got a box of 50 S&B and box of 50 Winchester (I think... might better check to be sure it's not loaded or primed). "The nature of your faith is wrapped in the object of your faith" David Jeremiah
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try armsandammo.com
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xring33 wrote:According to their website, Remington has discontinued manufacture of Swedish brass. They do list Winchester brass, though price ain't that great. http://armsandammo.com/pr...ID=1852&CategoryID=25 "The nature of your faith is wrapped in the object of your faith" David Jeremiah |
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I didn't even check CTD. They show Remington and Winchester as being in stock. Is there anything wrong with either of them? I think I might get a few bags
of it.
Thanks Thor, Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson.
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Hey guys I can get you some 6.5X55 for a decent price. Here is what I show as in stock and available at my distributors right now. I am working on getting an
S&B dealer account set up, with them so I can keep theirs on hand too.
Privi I can sell in 2 loads the 139FMJ and 139SP, both are 13.50 a box, let me know if this helps or not. I am also working with Privi to see if I can sell direct instead of through a distributor, for both loaded ammo and components. If this pans out I will let you know. I think if it goes, with them it will be a great thing. I like their brass, its good stuff and the loaded ammo is pretty good too. Just as a side note I will be loading up some ammo in some S&B brass I have here, and will see how it works. I am going to load some RL 17 in it under some Berger VLD bullets, should get me some good velocity and low pressure. I am having this load tested by HSM too and it looks like standard pressures and velocity at about 2700-2800fps, much the same as RL22 but lower pressures than RL 22. I will try to carry all the more common CR calibers that Privi markets and add them to my site. I will see also about a group buy to see what the best price I can get is if we can get big order together, they might make us an even better deal. I also plan to carry components if they will let me as I know they sell them that way. So I should be able to get brass and bullets too. |
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CTD doesn't have it in the store or through the catalog sales desk at the store. It will have to be ordered out of Louisiana.
I will check Starline later. If anyone else has any ideas for the brass I appreciate it. Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson. |
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pepperbelly wrote:I'll send you a bill. My research fee is.... Sounds like CTD is doing same as others, backordering or third party shipping. With the tight economy, nobody wants to invest in inventory. Lots of debate on Remington and Winchester. R-P is same rim as .473 but does have a larger body diameter, not as full as the Lapua. It works fine after fireformingand has decent life. I've got R-P brass that has been fired 8-9 times and still going. It used to be easier to get. Winchester has a thicker web and base and is probably stronger than R-P but it has a thicker rim and you need a true Swede shellholder. I've got a lot of R-P brass now, but if it gets hard to find, I may swing to Winchester. But it's getting pricey too, and it wouldn't take much more to afford Lapua. It's the cadillac and flashhole is already cut and pockets are already square cut. Supposed to be more consistent weight too. LOSOK, can you get Lapua brass at a decent price? Don't want no Norma. It's too hard to cut necks and pockets. Same with S&B. Hard brass. "The nature of your faith is wrapped in the object of your faith" David Jeremiah |
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I use Norma, Winchester, and Remington brass for the 6.5 X 55 with no problems with any of it. I have a few S & B. Of course, I have the proper shellholder
and RCBS dies. You can't beat RCBS dies (IMHO of course ).......... I like Norma brass. It is a bit harder, but It lasts longer for me, but then I always
full length resize. I get the fewest cycles with Remington.
We may have to join forces or do a co-op thing. How dare they quit making Swede brass.........................losok, if you can get brass at a competitive price I will buy from you.
Long live the Swedish Mauser!!
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Jim, I'm sorry that I can't tell you of any reloable brass to buy. But get out there and get yourself 20 fresh factory loads of just about any kind of
ammo or more. Shoot it until something better that you may want becomes available. I guess I did ok a few years back with the Lapua brass for about a dime a
case.best-o-luck
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I seem to remember something about being able to form 6.5x55 brass from another caliber. Anyone know what it was?
I had a lot of this info on my harddrive- the HD on the computer that fried the processor and motherboard. I haven't been able to recover much yet. Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson. |
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iirc 7.5x54 French that is not the most common case to find either.
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I found some Lapua brass at EABCO for $61.25 per 100. Midway has Norma for $73.99 per 100.
Since Lapua seems to be better than Norma, and it's cheaper, that seems to be the way to go. Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson. |
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pepperbelly wrote:What is the URL link on that? "The nature of your faith is wrapped in the object of your faith" David Jeremiah |
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http://www.eabco.com/Lapua01.html
I think their shipping charges are high. I didn't know anyone still tied shipping to the amount of purchase. Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson.
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pepperbelly wrote:True, but right now with people being out of stock, that looks like the best you are going to get right now. "The nature of your faith is wrapped in the object of your faith" David Jeremiah |
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I agree. I will buy some from them. Their price is still lower than Midway's price with my discount.
I should have known that using milsurp ammo would come back to haunt me. Jim NRA Life Member Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. --- Thomas Jefferson. |
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You can form it from surplus .30-06 which is what I did starting out, but its labor intensive and requires neck reaming. The advantage is the GI brass is very
thick and seems to last longer. Loads of course have to be adjusted to the lower capacity case. I doubt it will be easy to find cheap surplus .30-06 anymore.
Actually, 270. 280, 7x57 or 8x57 will work if you have some already on hand you dont need for other rifles. Im surprised the 6.5x55 brass is unavailable and im heading out to the garage to see if I need to panic yet. I have 6 different 6.5x55 and I keep the loads separated by using different brands and color coding the primers. Remington has just screwed up my system.
Diapers and politicians need frequent changing, and for the same reason
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Jeff, have you been using Swede brass for the 6.5x57?
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May have to buy 7 X 57 and reform. I think that would be the easiest to work with. Last time I checked everybody had that stuff.
Long live the Swedish Mauser!!
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