6,5x55 Training

 

IDnumber 54 Caliber 6,5x55 Model K ptr m/99 Projectile form - Projectile weight - Projectile material Led Projectile type Training Colour markings - V0 mps - V0 fps - Propellant - Propellant weight Gram - Propellant weight Grain - This short range training ammunition is designated in 1899 and has a small led projectile. It was used for short range practice.

 

IDnumber 53 Caliber 6,5x55 Model kptr m/12 Projectile form - Projectile weight 0,6 Gram Projectile material - Projectile type Training Colour markings - V0 mps - V0 fps - Propellant Gexkr II/0,30 Propellant weight Gram 0,5 Gram Propellant weight Grain - This is short range training ammunition m/12 with a wooden core. If you look closely at the bottom of the wooden core you will see NP stamped there. Could be Norma Projektilfabrik. The case is also stamped "E" for "Ersättning", "substitute", so this case is made in steel. This kind of ammunition is for short range training of cadets and for indoor practice shooting. The projectile shown is rifled in the sides. It is because the projectiles were reused after fired. There is also a later model of the projectile with a jacket only without the wooden core.

 

IDnumber 55 Caliber 6,5x55 Model 6,5 mm sk ptr m/94 prj m/44 Projectile form - Projectile weight 4,0 Gram Projectile material - Projectile type Training Colour markings - V0 mps V25 = 680 mps V0 fps - Propellant Gexkr III Propellant weight Gram 1,0 Gram Propellant weight Grain - Short range practice ball ammunition. Is used in a distance not exceeding 100 meters.

 

IDnumber 151 Caliber 6,5x55 Model - Projectile form - Projectile weight - Projectile material Plastic Projectile type Training Colour markings Blue projectile V0 mps - V0 fps - Propellant - Propellant weight Gram - Propellant weight Grain - This is to be an experimental 6,5x55 intended to be a late style short range training ammunition. The case is stamped in 1960 and looks unused, so the year is probably correct.