re: Ruger m77 hawkeye or Win M70 featherweight?

You should be able to get the featherweight for that price. The Super Grade just has the nicer wood and the magnums have the 26" barrel.

Just checked and the msrp on them is close to the same. I think I might be getting a rifleman's rifle.

Eta: just got done with some reading. Seems like people are getting MOA and better out of FW's all over the interwebs. I'm pretty close to sold at this point. Not one bad accuracy review to be found on the new ones.

The winchester custom shop makes a model 70 featherweight in 6.5x55 swede with a 22" kreiger barrel and it's all accurized and shite. For $2000 I can have one of my own.



Sako makes some incredibly fine rifles in 6.5x55 that are up around $1500

Tikka makes 6.5's, but I hate that damn detachable plastic magaclip.

Why can't a man get a brand new 6.5x55 swede in a reasonably priced regular ol american rifle?

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find a 260 Rem and have a gunsmith rechamber the existing barrel to the Swede. The job should cost about $100.

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That sounds like a good idea, but the 260 Rem is a short action and the 6.5 swede is kinda a medium action just like the 7x57. It may or may not work well in the short action. I'm not sure, but I think Ruger still makes 6.5's in the 77?

If you want a 6.5x55 and a real actual Mauser instead of something kind of like a Mauser as the Ruger and the Winchester are, then you need look no further than CZ. Here is a nice one right here:

CZ 550

Okay, then you can get this one:

CZ 550

Nope, CZs are generally the same to a bit cheaper than Winchesters and Rugers and since you expressed an preference for Mausers, you can take comfort in knowing that a CZ is an ACTUAL Mauser.

I don't have a CZ but I have lots of Mausers of various stripes. The CZ is the closest thing out there right now to an exact copy of an actual Mauser and it pretty much is a Mauser in all relevant aspects.

The CZ is simply the modern name for the world famous BRNO rifles and the CZ 550 is basically the BRNO 602 that was the most desired rifle in Africa for dangerous game for 40 years or so. They've been making Mausers in that exact same factory since about 1920, so they know what they are doing.

The only thing it doesn't have that you want is a three position safety. I don't think that is that big of a deal, but if it really means a lot to you, all the after market three positions safeties out there that fit a Mauser 98 will fit it. You can get a Dakota three position safety at Midway for about $150 and have your gunsmith install it if you decide later you must have it.

The big thing is the caliber. If you want a factory rifle chambered in that caliber and of a Mauser action or something close, it is about your only choice out there right now.

I understand it is pretty neat for bench shooting. You simply press forward on the back of the trigger to set it and then it is a hair trigger. If you don't do that, then it simply operates normally with a normal pull weight.

I doubt it.