Swede ammo questions

[REDSTAR]

Ok, I'm going to order a couple hundred rounds. Who has 6.5 x 55 for the best deals? I see Samco has a wide variety.

I was thinking of their 200 round battle pack of Austrian Hintenberger FMJ 139 gr for $78. They also have Swedish 146 gr for $74. Which of thoise two would perform better at 100 meters; I don't have any place with distance to shoot yet.

I also thought I'd get 200 of the wooden bullet ammo for $24. Is that shootable? Was it used for practice or what? They also have 6gr practice gallery ammo. Would that work for 50 yards say? That's $13 for 100 rounds.

I didn't check on Samco's shipping, anyone know of a better deal out there?

Thanks for your input.

[REDSTAR]

I'm an impatient bastard. I ordered the Hintenberger 200 rounds and 200 of the wooden bullets for novelty/curiosity.

I'd still like to know if there's good deals out there though because 200 rounds ain't going to cut it for me.

Thanks

[Schuetzenman]

Oh crap! You ordered the Hertinberger! :eek: Ask yourself this . . . is it an Austrian Mauser or a Swedish Mauser?


Hummmm!




You should have gotten the Swedish ammo, it's what the rifles were designed to shoot.

The wooden bullets were their version of a blank round. The rifles with the threaded muzzles were built to have a screw on blank adapter. It's a very heavy walled steel tube with holes in it. This blank adapter is designed to catch and break up the wooden bullet.

Wooden bullets can be lethal so of course be careful with them. The little pellet rounds are best used at 30 feet or 10 meters approx. They are quite quiet and not too accurate. At 25 yds they will hold about a 5 inch group.

[REDSTAR]

Yeah I though of that- but being as the Austrians make good stuff I thought it would be a good bet. That's OK. I'll get Swedish next time.

On the wooden bullets, can I shoot them without the adaptor? Like at a target at close range?

[Schuetzenman]

On wooden bullets well sure you can shoot them up close. I wouldn't think they'd be good for more than 25 yds. max. Like I said they can kill a man at close range. Heck at the end of WWII the Germans were down to making wooden bullets to hand out to combat troops!:eek: Good thing about the wood bullet it is light so it doesn't carry far. I've often thought of it as a possible indoor, frangible round for home defense. Thing is with a shotgun or handgun I don't need to go there. :D

[REDSTAR]

Yeah, I just wanted to see what they'll do to a can or something at 20 yards.

Thanks for the info Shuetz, I called Samco and changed my order to Swede so all is well in the world.