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The 6.5×52mm Carcano, also known as the 6.5×52mm Parravicini–Carcano or 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano, is an Italian military 6.5 mm (.268 cal, actually 0.2675 inches) rimless bottle-necked rifle cartridge, developed from 1889 to 1891 and used in the Carcano 1891 rifle and many of its successors. A common synonym in American gun literature ...
Moschettos (carbines) Mod. 1938 (folding bayonet) and Mod. 1938 TS (detachable bayonet) carbine versions of Model 1938 short rifle in 7.35×51mm, later reverted to 6.5x52mm, 450 mm (17.7 in) barrel. Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91/38 (Model 1938 "infantry rifle" chambered in 6.5×52mm caliber since 1940). The barrel is the 530 mm (20.9 in) barrel of ...
The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes. There were two .50 M2 ammo boxes to a crate (for a total of 220 belted or 210 linked rounds) with a volume of 0.93 cubic feet.
Carcano: 6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×52mm Carcano 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 7.92×57mm Mauser: 1891 Kingdom of Italy: Chassepot: Lead bullet 25 g (386 grains) in paper cartridge 11×59mmR Gras: 1866 France: Dreyse needle gun: Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge: 1835 Kingdom of Prussia: FN Model 24: 7×57mm Mauser 7.62×51mm NATO.30 ...
During World War I, many M1870/87 rifles were converted to share the same 6.5mm round as the primary service rifle, the M1891 Carcano, by adding a 6.5mm barrel lining and a modified M91 Carcano magazine. This barrel sleeving was called the "Salerno method"; The bolt face was also machined to accept the smaller diameter 6.5 mm cartridge head ...
6.5x52mm Carcano: Action: Straight-pull bolt action: Feed system: 6-round en bloc clip, internal box magazine: Sights: V-notch: The MBT 1925 was a prototype straight ...
The 6.5 mm Carcano rifle owned by Lee Harvey Oswald On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy , the 35th President of the United States , was assassinated using a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38 rifle . In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald , using the alias "A. Hidell", purchased by mail order the infantry carbine (described by the Warren Commission as a ...
The 6.5 mm (.264 caliber) has been extremely popular in Europe and especially in the Scandinavian countries and this trend continues today. [5] The 6.5×52mm Carcano, 6.5×53mmR (.256 Mannlicher), 6.5×54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer, 6.5×55mm Swedish Mauser, 6.5×58mmR Krag–Jørgensen and the 6.5×58mm Portuguese are among these cartridges of originally military European origin.