Can't find that on the website.

found it.

1 in 9 for the 260

1 in 8 for the 6.5x55

wonder why the difference?

i think the swede is offered with the heavy bullets from the factory.... just a WAG

woofer

Yep. The 6.5x55 is a 1:8.

Mine has no issues with bullets from 100 grains to 140. I have obtained around half moa groups with each and all in between. I tried 95 grain Hornady Vmaxes without much success but did not spend much time with them after getting several one hole and clover leaf groups with 100 grain Nosler BT's. I'm sure the 95's would shoot if I just worked with them a bit more. Right now, I have more loads for my rifle than I will likely need, so I'm not sure if or when that might happen.

My 6.5x55 mirrors RickyD. It is one of the most accurate factory rifles I have ever had. In the same class is a 22-250 T3.

I can only speculate, but I would opine that Europeans are less impressed by hyper-velocity than we Americans. The 6.5 Swede's reputation as a killing machine was earned with the 1~8" and 156 gr. round nosed bullets. When something works as well as that does, why mess with it? I own several 6.5's with 1~8"; 1~8.5"; 1~9"; and even 1~10". By a fair margin, I prefer the 1~8". But then, what do I know? It works! I know it! And that settles it! (AFAIC'ed)

Grasshopper

Seems most commercial 6.5x55 rifles will follow the actual swedish rifles which are 1:7.87,I think its cause they do such a wonderful job of shootin the 140-160 class of bullets,where a 1:9 twisted 260 would surley shoot tighter groups with the 100 or 120-140 class of bullets................

the reason is that the one-gun moose hunters can shoot their 156gr norma oryx or 155gr lapua mega factory ammo.
and since the 6.5 is the second most used big game cartridge(split second with the .308 and the .30-06 at the top)in my country, they are offered with a wide range of factory ammo for different purposes.

since the .260 is built on short actions, 156gr bullets would need to be seated very deep and steal alot of powder capacity.
and you wouldn't want the animals to be able to outrun the bullet.

Yept...1/8 twist..here's mine...1/2" shooter w/three rds..trying some VV560 this weekend....normal powders are RE22 & H4831..shown with Nikon 3-12

Hilarious!!!