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6.5 x 54 MS conversions were done for the commercial market. These conversions were not done by Italy. I have heard they are nice rifles but have never seen one.

Since turning down the barrel only effects the outside and not the bore, no change between the two types. I wish you the best of luck but accuracy will most likely be bad. Especially if you are...

You have to remember this stock was a new replacement in 1928, it's now 90 years old and went through WWII at a minimum and possibly a few other campaigns in the meantime. Sounds like your rifle was...

At the breech end, they would pull the barrel off the receiver and the heavy portion would be turned down on a lathe so it could be re-screwed back into the receiver one thread further. They don't...

Checked my two primary sources.

91/24's have two basic conversion methods. The first and the rarest was to shorten and re-sleeve the barrels. While no hard numbers are available, it is estimated...

Again, I doubt they ever cut them from the breech end. Italy has a long history of sleeving barrels and cutting the breech out of one would be completely opposite of their standard proceedure which...

I never heard that. Cutting the barrel at the breech end wouldn't make a lot of sense as they need that portion to screw into the receiver. They did resleeve barrels but all the cuts were from the...