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It was praised by german hunters as a very good round also for wild boar, which started to appear in large numbers in europe in 80ies and 90ies. The only heavier load was RWS H Mantel 155 gr. The selection of ammo was available in light of this. The germans however mainly used the 6.5×57 for lighter deer species.
But it was not used in the same way in these countries as the swede was in scandinavia. It was a really popular round in Germany and Austria in the 60ies and 70ies. This coupled with somewhat poor factory ammo selection would put the swede on the top of my list. The Steyr in 6.5×57 is the looker of the two, but the 6.5×57 seems to be much more fussy about different ammo and also homeloads. The Blaser shoots everything accurately and to pretty much the same POI. I have a Blaser R8 6.5×55 and a Steyr Mannlicher Luxus 6.5×57.