Made the mistake of going to the range yesterday. A fellow club member who was down the line a ways gives me a wave so down I go. He had just finished shooting a nicely sporterized an scoped Carl Gustave 96 Swedish 6.5x55 Mauser at 100 and had to show me his 1" three shot groups with jacketed.
The short version is that the rifle along with brass, bullets, dies and ultimately a new in the cosmoline wrapper 1903 Springfield Remington barrel dated 4-43 now have a new home. After some brushing and patching, the bore in that 96 looks very good. .
So. has anyone gotten these rifles to shoot respectable groups with cast. I have always heard that it is a challenge because of the long throat in these things? Haven't measured the twist yet.