S&B 7.5X55 SWISS 174GR FMJ 20/400

Description

Sellier & Bellot’s 7.5x55mm Swiss FMJ load is a straightforward training and target round built around a 174-grain full metal jacket bullet. The FMJ construction — a lead core enclosed in a CuZn 10 copper-zinc jacket — keeps the projectile intact on impact rather than expanding, which matters for two reasons: it preserves the consistent shape that automatic and semi-automatic actions need for reliable feeding, and it produces predictable, repeatable performance at paper targets without the variability that hollow-point or soft-point designs introduce at high round counts.

The 7.5x55mm Swiss cartridge produces meaningful recoil energy, and at 174 grains this bullet sits at the heavier end of the practical range for the bore, which helps stabilize it through the longer barrel lengths typical of Schmidt-Rubin and K31 rifles. Sellier & Bellot lists a muzzle velocity of approximately 2,526 fps from a 23.5-inch test barrel, generating just over 2,465 ft-lb of muzzle energy — figures worth knowing when working up a ballistic drop table for longer-range practice. The G1 ballistic coefficient of 0.501 indicates the bullet retains velocity reasonably well across distance, making it a workable choice for ranges out to several hundred yards without excessive holdover guesswork.

Brass cases are boxer-primed and reloadable, so the spent brass has value beyond the first firing for handloaders developing a precision load in this caliber. The ammunition is non-corrosive, which removes the time pressure around post-range cleaning that corrosively primed surplus rounds impose. Boxes contain 20 rounds; full cases run 400.