6.5x55 ammo warning!

[awp101]

I'm putting this here for the exposure, mods feel free to move it if you think it'll be seen better elsewhere.

Heads up folks!
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OK, guys, Gewehrman got hold of me, and what he bought was the dangerous ammo. I didn't realize any of this stuff was still around. The problem is that it has a soft rolled copper jacket that causes EXTREME copper fouling, resulting in higher pressures and burst barrels (NOT COOL!) It is Danish manufactured, and the headstamp reads like this; V146, followed by a small triangle, 48, HA. If anybody sees any of this stuff around, don't buy any unless you want it for a cartridge collection, and warn the seller that this ammo has blown up a lot of rifles, and with liability being what it is today, if I had some, I damn sure wouldn't sell it to anybody!

[Schuetzenman]

Thanks for the post, I've never seen any of it. Only Sweidish 6.5 X 55 I've seen or sold or have is Swedish ammo. Didn't enven know the Danes made any.

[NC_Rebel]

Hmm... I've heard of Danish 6.5x58R, but not x55. How likely is it that some poor slob would pick up this unusual ammo at a gun show? I think the odds are greater that you'd contract leprosy from the Grizzly Adams guy selling his homemade beef jerky. Good to know, though. Thanks for the FYI, awp.

[RedRyder]

Thanks for the heads up. I have is Sellier, Winchester, PMC, and Norma, no Danish.

I will definitely commit that one to memory.

[zouavexx]

Originally posted by NC_Rebel
I think the odds are greater that you'd contract leprosy from the Grizzly Adams guy selling his homemade beef jerky.

BUWAHAHAHAHA! That is funny. Continuing along the same line of thought, crushed too death by a pile of "end of the world" videos and blank Sten receiver tubes, the survilalist guy is always selling.

Thanks for the warning awp101!

[neilwest]

1. I appreciate the heads up:D

[awp101]

Thank these guys!

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