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As I have a M 1900 Mannlicher-Schoenauer that was rechambered in Britain from 6.5x54 to 6.5x55, reproofed in Birmingham 1984, I can only warn you from attempting it. The problem is not the bolt face, needing no alterations, but the magazine. The 6.5x55 has a fatter Body. So altering the opening, the spindle, the cartridge stop and the cartridge guide surfaces is necessary to make it feed halfway reliable. Mine still does't!
I knew I'd read of difficulties with the conversion from 6.5x54 to 6.5x55...memory isn't what it was & I incorrectly thought the bolt face as the problem. But the magazine issue as you point out is a pain when it doesn't work properly.
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