Hi Daryl,

can you get a EAW-mount in the states? Try this mount and you will never get an other.
What for an scope will you put on the 6.5x55. I´m a friend of Pecar-Scopes. The 4-10x45 with Plex will be a good choise for long distance-shots. The 3-7x35 is a little bit lighter an the better choise for the heavyer buillets.
You compaire the .260 Rem. with the heavy buillets good with the old austrian 6.5x54Mannl.-Sch. With the lighter buillets from 100-140gr. it´s compairable with ouer german rimed 6.5x57.
(Some of our german hunters in our forums mean the .260 Rem. is not far from the power of the 6.5mm Rem.Mag.)
All middle 6.5 cal. are a good choise for light and softskinned games. In this part of Germany where I live the 6.5x55 gets every year more friends to shoot for row-deers.
Sure, the 6.5x55 is the suggsessfullst cardridge in the world. Made in 1894 it was more than 60 years the standart army-cal. in Sweden, in Norway more than 50 years, its untill today the most used huntingcardridge in these bouth countrys and one of the most prefered sportcardridges in the world. Unbreaked suggsess since more than 110 years.

regards
Manolito