6.5×55 Swedish – 140 Gr FMJ-BT – Sellier & Bellot Rifle (SB6555C) – 400 Rounds

The 6.5×55 Swedish Mauser is famous for accuracy and mild recoil, and owners of surplus m/96 and m/38 rifles want affordable ammunition for regular shooting. This listing is Sellier and Bellot 6.5×55 Swedish 140 grain full metal jacket boat tail ammo, MPN SB6555C, sold as 400 rounds. It is practice and plinking ammunition for military surplus and sporting rifles alike.

Sellier and Bellot rates this load at 2,582 fps with 2,072 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. The 140 grain bullet weight is close to the standard Swedish military loads, so it tends to shoot near the sights on original rifles. The boat tail helps it hold velocity downrange, which makes it enjoyable on steel at several hundred yards. The full metal jacket does not expand, so it is a target and training round, and you should choose a soft point or other expanding bullet for deer.

This ammunition fits rifles chambered in 6.5x55mm Swedish, also known as 6.5×55 SE or 6.5 Swede, including Swedish m/94 carbines, m/96 rifles, m/38 short rifles, Husqvarna and Carl Gustaf sporters, and modern rifles such as the Tikka T3x, Sako 85, and CZ 550 in 6.5×55. A common question is whether modern ammunition is safe in a Swedish m/96. Commercial 6.5×55 is loaded to modest pressure partly because of these older rifles, so it is fine in a sound m/96 that a gunsmith has checked. Another common question is whether 6.5×55 and 6.5 Creedmoor are interchangeable. They are not.

Sellier and Bellot SB6555C is new production ammunition, not reloads, made in the Czech Republic. It uses boxer-primed brass with non-corrosive priming, so the cases are reloadable. This listing ships as 20 boxes of 20 rounds for 400 rounds total from one lot. That gives collectors and hunters enough to shoot their Swedes regularly without depleting a limited supply of vintage surplus ammunition.