what rnd is this.

[ZombieHuntr]

. Been cleaning through old **** in the house i just moved into and found a few of these rounds. Im not familiar with them cuz ive never had anything that uses em. It says 6.5 284. And lapua on it.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

6.5 Swede

 

[ZombieHuntr]

Ok. So for a swedish mauser..... ok kool. Good round?

 

[La Rebel]

I'm no expert but, the 6.5/284 started out as a wildcat round used by benchrest shooters. It is a .284 Win necked down to 6.5 mm. Since then, it is now commercially loaded and I know Savage chambers rifles for it and I'm not sure who else. Lapua does make brass for the round.

 

[highstandard40]

It's hard to tell from the photo, but if it is as La Rebel said a 6.5/284 it will have a rebated rim case. This means the rim is a smaller diameter than the case body. When Winchester developed the .284 cartridge, the idea was to use a standard .473" bolt face and a short action, but increase the case capacity by making the case body a larger diameter. These were wildcated to .25 and 6.5 that I know of, maybe others. The brass has been made by Lapua, Norma, and Hornady. I'm not sure if they all still do though.

 

[tashle1]

La Rebel and highstandart40 are right on. DO NOT TRY AND SHOOT THAT OUT OF A MAUSER!! More than likely it was hand loaded for a custom rifle chambered in 6.5x284 Winchester/Norma. I had one built a while back and it is a smoking lil round!!

 

[ZombieHuntr]

Oh wow. Lots of info. Thanks guys. I definately wont shoot them. I got nothing to shoot them out of! Lol.