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kuduae
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Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases
02/06/22 03:45 AM

I don’t have a K Mauser, but an even rarer Schmidt & Habermann, Suhl, model 21 in 6.5x54 K Mauser. As you see, it is claw mounted with a Zeiss 2.5x “Zielmi”scope.

For several years I have been looking in vain for a proper die set. So I make cases from once-fired Sellier & Bellot 6.5x57 brass this way: Shorten cases to 53 mm (they grow longer in reforming). Anneal necks an shoulders. Resize case body by pushing them all the way into an 8x57 IS Lee die without expander. Set shoulder back in a shortened 6.5x55 SE die until bolt closes. Fireform. Load by neck sizing only in 6.5x55 die. Seat bullets using 6.5x55 seating die.
Photo shows, l to r: 2 original pre-war loads by RWS and DWM, my handload with a 120 gr PPU .264” bullet, 6.5x54 Mannlicher – Schoenauer for comparision.

BTW, contrary to popular belief the 7x57 Mauser M93 case is not a necked down 8x57 M88 case. The Mauser designed 7x57 case has a head diameter 0.1 mm larger then the 8x57, designed by the Prussian rifle testing commission. The base diameter of the 6.5x55 SE is even larger than both. The base of the 6.5x57 is 11.90 mm = .468”, the 7x57 is 11.99 mm = .472”, while the 6.5x55 SE is 12.17 mm = .479”. This precludes reforming 7x57 or 6.5x55 brass to the smaller 6.5x54 Mauser, let alonr the even smaller Mannlicher – Schoenauer case.

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WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Rigby350	30/05/22 06:52 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	m4220	02/06/22 07:24 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Huvius	02/06/22 09:00 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Rigby350	02/06/22 02:31 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Rigby350	02/06/22 02:34 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	kuduae	02/06/22 09:14 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	FrankFarmer	18/08/22 04:48 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Waidmannsheil	03/06/22 10:09 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	mckinney	03/06/22 12:42 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	kuduae	03/06/22 08:58 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	NitroX	02/06/22 01:58 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	DarylS	31/05/22 02:05 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	rigbymauser	31/05/22 10:52 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	DarylS	01/06/22 02:19 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	3DogMike	01/06/22 04:09 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	DarylS	01/06/22 06:44 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	rigbymauser	02/06/22 12:59 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	DarylS	02/06/22 01:07 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	kuduae	02/06/22 03:45 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	NitroX	02/06/22 02:03 PM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	93x64mm	02/06/22 06:49 AM
Re: WTB: 6.5x54 Mauser Kurz Dies and Cases	Rigby350	31/05/22 09:42 PM

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