I've also committed to a No4 MKII for the same price as the MKI, basically. Needs to be cleaned up, but overall it's in really good shape, actually. I've managed to snag a very good condition No4 MKI locally a few days back for a good price. All rights reserved.Wow, lots of folks voting for the Mauser 98K! Anyone care to expound on why? Is surplus 8mm plentiful enough and cheap enough that it's worth what I see them going for? I'd like to have one eventually, just haven't paid much attention to them for some reason. Note: A full length article about the 6.5x54 can be found on the Rifle Cartridge Page.Ĭopyright 2005, 2013 by Chuck Hawks. Zero a scoped rifle for 200 yards, and the bullet will land 3.07" high at 100 yards and 12.03" low at 300 yards. According to the Sierra external ballistics tables, from a scoped rifle the trajectory of this load looks like this: +2.31" at 100 yards, 0 at 200 yards, and -9.64" at 300 yards.įrom the same 20" barrel the Sierra 140 grain Game King bullet can be driven to a MV of 2300 fps with ME of 1644 ft. The muzzle energy (ME) of these loads is 1801 ft. Most reloading manuals include loads for the 6.5x54, and any shooter with a 6.5x54 rifle in North America (or perhaps anywhere, given the high cost of factory loaded ammunition) would do well to reload his own ammunition.Īccording to the Sierra Reloading Manual, Second Edition the 120 grain spitzer bullet can be driven to a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2600 fps from a 20" barrel by 35.9 grains of IMR 3031, 37.3 grains of IMR 4895, 37.8 grains of IMR 4064, or 41.2 grains of H380 powder. Most of the bullet makers supplying reloaders offer a decent selection of 6.5mm (.264") bullets. Norma offers factory loaded cartridges and brass to American as well as European shooters, and RWS offers factory loaded ammunition in Europe. Its case is 54mm (2.11") in length with a 24 degree shoulder and a. Physically the 6.5x54 is a modern looking, rimless, bottle neck cartridge that uses standard 6.5mm (.264") diameter bullets.
The 6.5x54 has remained reasonably popular in Europe and Africa, although it never really caught on in the New World. He liked the moderate recoil and deep penetration of the little 6.5mm cartridge.
The factory loads at that time had a MV of about 2230 fps. Bell used the 6.5x54 with 160 grain solid bullets for brain shots on elephant. Bell, who is reputed to have killed over 1000 elephants. Included in that number was the legendary ivory hunter W.D.M. The 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer became a favorite of many well-known professional hunters in Africa before the beginning of the Second World War.
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