Adam curtiss Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hello everyone, Over the last few months I have finally bought a Tikka T3x lite in 6.5x55 Swedish which I will be using for deer, vermin and also to get back into target shooting. I am looking into starting reloading for it however thought I'd ask what other peoples experiences and information are on reloading this calibre, for example bullet head choice etc. The rifle has a 20" barrel in 1:8 twist. Thanks, Adam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 I had the same rifle what I found with the short barrel N560,RL22 and other slow burning powder that shows good speed in reloading books are lucky to get 2500 fps with a 140g bullet, I changed to RL17 ,RS60 and found good accuracy and 2700 fps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABOOM Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Adam curtiss said: Hello everyone, Over the last few months I have finally bought a Tikka T3x lite in 6.5x55 Swedish which I will be using for deer, vermin and also to get back into target shooting. I am looking into starting reloading for it however thought I'd ask what other peoples experiences and information are on reloading this calibre, for example bullet head choice etc. The rifle has a 20" barrel in 1:8 twist. Thanks, Adam. Welcome to the Swede club. For assorted vermin you just cant beat the 95 grain VMAX, I shoot a model 38 short rifle and tbh its one of my most favored rifles. For deer any 140 hunting bullet will work. Target work I would go 143 Match kings or some thing similar. Powders I use are very probably not r e a c h compliant so I cant recommend. Enjoy your swede and best wishes for good shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyr Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 I would recommend 140 grain bullets. The old amax 140 worked well for target shooting and small game up to roedeer/goats. The newer 140ELDM is also good but expands noticeablybless. For red deer I would use a specific hunting bullet like 143eldx, 140 nosler accubond or similar. Scenars 139 are also great for target shooting. Any powder in the range of vectan t7000, 4350, vihta 160/165 will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyr Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 But for a 20” barrel you may want to use slightly faster powders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banus02 Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 good evening Curtis,in my tikka I use the nosler 120gr and n150,my 20" barrel produces 2640 fps and is very accurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 RS60 works really well in the 6.5x55, good terminal effect with Barnes 100 or 120g TTSX, 120g Nosler BT and the 120g Sierra pro hunters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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