re: My bullet saved me from the worst shot I've made on a deer in 30 years yesterda

I grew up shooting a tricked out mauser 96 in 6.5x55 swede. Just got done cleaning it up. It's glass bedded in a walnut stock with a timney trigger and a really good bluing job with all matching numbers. SWEET arse rifle but it had an accidental discharge last year because a screw holding the trigger on came loose. Loctited the frick out of it.

The 6.5 is proof that numbers on paper don't mean much. It's pretty mediocre on paper, but that really long skinny bullet performs excellently. Europeans use it for elk and moose hunting.