[Squantos]

6.5x55...I have a remington 700 titanium I had rebarreled in that caliber , super ultra lite, 6X fixed power glass etc ....my favorite deer rifle.

[hiredhand]

THAT'S the round! 6.5x55mm Swedish. M-700s are NICE. I've had three. One got stolen (ARG!), I gave one to my brother in law (.30-06 ADL), and I've got an ADL chambered for .243. It's what I hunt with mostly. I LOVE the adjustable trigger! You can take ALL the overtravel out, lighten the pull weight, and break distance to a VERY sweet trigger! The newer ones even have a little access hole where you can SEE the trigger and sear overlap while you adjust it!

The first one I had (the one that was stolen) was bought used. The guy before me had adjusted the trigger and didn't seal up the screws properly and over time, the sealant (looked like nail polish to me) broke lose and the screws came loose. A buddy of mine chambered a round with the safety ON and the rifle discharged! Nobody was harmed, and I had a gunsmith friend of mine readjust it before I used it again!

Blue Loctite is my friend. :-)

[archy]

6.5x55...I have a remington 700 titanium I had rebarreled in that caliber , super ultra lite, 6X fixed power glass etc ....my favorite deer rifle.

I had an old pal who had a pre-64 Winchester Model 70 that had been rebarrelled to the 6.5x52 Carcano cartridge for some interesting ammo development tests. It was a little fussy about bullet weights, but with a circa 160 grain bullet and .266"-.268" diameter bullet rather than the usual undersized .264" bullets used in Norma/Sierra 6.5mm offerings, it's a relative tackdriver, and fun to shoot all day.