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I only have 6.5 experience in the x55 Swede.

The Hornady .264 160 has done well for me in the 6.5 Swede on deer, but it tends to come apart somewhat as demonstrated in my test media. I would not use it in a .264 Win for example. I consider it an excellent deer bullet in the slower 6.5's up to Swede, and may be the best there is in 6.5 Jap, 6.5x53 and 6.5x54? If the Carcano .268 bullet performs similarly I'd expect it to do very well in that caliber.

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As you may be aware (Dave Emary from Hornady has admitted it several times, and it has also been published widely), the decision to use the .268" size (larger than the Italian military bullet diameter) was not a wise one and has given rise to *severe* safety problems for some reloaders. Only a very limited number of load combinations is safe with this bullet diameter, while Hornady warns against all others, citing severe overpressure issues.
The reason is that Hornady had initially underestimated what the Italians (and the Germans with their M/88 cartridge) already knew 115 years ago: the effect of obturation with long, heavy bullets, and the phenomenon of the bullet invariably "setting up" in the bore.

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