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R.Marshall,
I have come to the painful conclusion that I don't know what the heck it is chambered for now. It seems to have been chambered for a standard early German cartridge and underwent some unfortunate attempt at rechambering to something that was available, and is now unidentifiable. If it were mine, I would fireform a couple more 6.5x55 Norma cases, "slug" the barrel to insure it is 6.5mm(.264" about) and send the fireformed cases to CH4D to have them make a set of dies to fit the chamber. Then you can treat it like a wildcat, load to 6.5x57 pressures, call it whatever suits you( 6.5 Marshall special?) and kill a pickup truck load of deer with it.
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Mike thanks for your help as always and everyone else that has replied with advice.

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You might try just neck sizing after fire forming and can likely use 6.5x55 dies or something similar set so they do not resize the case. As long as you do not own two rifles in the same caliber this method works very well.
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Thanks Steve, that sounds like a good method. Thanks for all your help.

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You are more than welcome. If you use the neck sizing technique be sure not to move the shoulder on the fire formed case.
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SKB, R.Marshall
I use that neck sizing trick for several of my rifles, even sometimes shortening the sizing die. I don't believe it will work in this case, because the fireformed cases seem to be "blown out" larger than the normal 6.5x55 chamber. If you have a die set made to fit, then it could be used to neck size for other rifles. Of course, as always, I could be wrong.
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A larger body die may then work, 6.5/06 etc. just have to play around with it but I think something may work in place of a custom die. I as well could be wrong.
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Steve,
06 diameter is smaller than 6.5x55, maybe 6.5 Rem. Mag., but they are pretty rare too. I know custom dies are pretty pricy, I had to have one made to form 6.5x58R S&S cases in a couple steps. I made up one for fireforming with about 5 different dies. It formed OK but it was more trouble than it was worth for a rifle I planned to keep.
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