i have been wanting a 6.5x55 heavy barrel rifle for awhile, but have found very little available. so i thought about rebarreling my savage with a er shaw barrel. any opinions on their accuracy? any ideas where i can find a laminated savage HB stock? i know all the big boys are using differant actions but i have had great success with factory savages, but at the same time i do not want to invest money into a project doomed from the start. what your opinions? thanks.

i have been wanting a 6.5x55 heavy barrel rifle for awhile, but have found very little available. so i thought about rebarreling my savage with a er shaw barrel. any opinions on their accuracy? any ideas where i can find a laminated savage HB stock? i know all the big boys are using differant actions but i have had great success with factory savages, but at the same time i do not want to invest money into a project doomed from the start. what your opinions? thanks.


I don't see why it shouldn't be a tackdriver.

I have owned over a dozen 6.5X55 Swedes over the years. I still have a half dozen because they are so sweet.

Every one I have owned that has had a good bore has been able to group sub 2" 5 shot groups at 100 yards, open sight. In my better years (the eyes are the first to go) I could hold 1.5" groups with most. THis has held true with everything from 87gr to 140gr bullets. The original load was a 160gr round nose bullet, but I have not shot many of them so I can't say how it would shoot with the heavy bullets.

If it were me, I'd try to suplicate the 6.5X55 Swedish barrel as to twist rate, etc.

Good luck with the project.

Steven

another, possibly less expensive route, may be purchasing a surplus swedish mauser for the action. the swedish mauser is one of only two or three actions designed for a specific cartridge. aftermarket stocks are plentiful, cock on open conversions are available, all the goodies. on the second thought this route may cost much more. or maybe a kimber that was sold a few years back (sporterized military swedes) for a song. that way the bolt handle will be modified already and the stock comes with it (will need barrel channel hogged out to accept heavy bbl) just throwing out a idea or two.

monty