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Originally Posted by tabs
All the new fangled 6.5's are off shoots of the original 6.5 X 55 Swede and the 6.5 X 54 Austrian Manlicher..both date from around 1900. Extremely accurate and flat shooting cartridges. Ostensibly the best Mauser Sniper was the 1896 Swede 6.5 X 55..The Ivory hunter in Africa would use the 1903 Manlicher Schoneaur in 6.5 X 54...the section density of the bullet had deep penetrating capability for brain shots on Elephants.
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The steel jacketed surplus ammo Bell used was a critical part of that success.