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The folks in Norway sure make smooth working rifles. The slickest bolt I ever worked was modern Kongsberg rifle. Too bad it was in no fun caliber .338Mag or I would have bought it.
There is much to admire about their country: sound economy, accountable to electorate politicians, aliens working there are legal and make a good living,......Mr. Moody as usual I do appreciate you honesty about how you feel about me. This is quite refreshing are you by any chance of German descent? Tell me does it bother you that you grandkids will be living in a developing country? This is were this great country is heading you know.

I owned one of the Globe .308 Krags for a while but could not quite get up the nerve to shoot it, despite its Austrian proofmarks. Handsomely stocked but the metal finishing was not quite as nice. And I sold it with a warning !! .308 commercial ammo is loaded hotter than 7x57 or for that matter .30'06, and notwithstanding that Norwegian Krags are both better designed (with double albeit asymmetric locking lugs) and stronger metal than American, I think the .308 overdoes it. On reflection, I should have barreled it back to 6.5x55, but at the time that never occurred to me.

I have four (4) 6.5x55 Rifles of various manufacture, and a Remington 700 6.5x55 rechambered to 6.5x284 Norma. Yes I do like 6.5mm rifles. The sectional density provided by this bullet is hard to beat, and no I am not out for Grisly Bear or Elephant.

I would not be surprised to learn that the 6.5x55 has killed more polar bears than any other cartridge - probably with hard point military ammunition out of unmodified issue Norse Krags and Swede Mausedrs.