10-28-2013, 07:40 PM
Depends what you want to do.
As a hunting rifle, the 6.5 Swede is an awesome cartridge and the Swedish Mausers are exceptional rifles. Do as hm2 Clark suggested, you really won't regret it. If heavier game is the quarry, feed it a steady diet of 155gn Lapua Megas, or 160gn Woodleighs.
If you want a PoS plinker go the carbine. I had one back before the 1996 stealback and it was the one rifle I was happy to offload to the government. Completely reliable, totally worthless. Still, I got more from the government for it than it was worth on the open market. Giving up my H&R Garand was a little harder.
As a hunting rifle, the 6.5 Swede is an awesome cartridge and the Swedish Mausers are exceptional rifles. Do as hm2 Clark suggested, you really won't regret it. If heavier game is the quarry, feed it a steady diet of 155gn Lapua Megas, or 160gn Woodleighs.
If you want a PoS plinker go the carbine. I had one back before the 1996 stealback and it was the one rifle I was happy to offload to the government. Completely reliable, totally worthless. Still, I got more from the government for it than it was worth on the open market. Giving up my H&R Garand was a little harder.