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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.
The serial-numbered C2766 rifle, sent to Oswald as a surplus advertised "Italian carbine" in 1963, was a short infantry rifle of this type (though technically not a moschetto carbine model), manufactured for the 6.5×52mm cartridge. This 6.5mm Carcano M91/38 was only manufactured for two years, 1940–1941, and discontinued in favor of a new 6 ...
In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald purchased a "6.5 [mm] Italian carbine", later improperly called a Mannlicher–Carcano (although it uses a Mannlicher-style en bloc clip system), through mail order, for $19.95 (equivalent to $183.90 in 2022.) [37] The advertisement only specified a "6.5 Italian Carbine" and actually shows a Carcano model M91 TS ...
It's generally assumed that Mannlicher derived his 6.5 mm cartridge from an experimental 6.5 mm rimmed Luigi Scotti design, a precursor of the 6.5×52mm Carcano, which was provided to him by the Italian government in 1890 in order to build a rifle for it. [8] [9]
It is the direct descendant of the 6.5×53mmR rimmed cartridge from the 1891 Mannlicher rifle, designed to function smoothly through the Schönauer's rotary magazine. 6.5 mm bullets are typically known for their high ballistic coefficients and sectional density, which gives them great stability in flight, resistance to wind deflection, and high ...
Carcano: Salvatore Carcano: 6.5×52mm Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Kingdom of Italy: 1890 Cei-Rigotti: Amerigo Cei-Rigotti 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 7.65×53mm Mauser Kingdom of Italy: 1900 Chiang Kai-shek rifle: Kung Hsien Hanyang Arsenal Jinling Canton Arsenals 7.92×57mm Mauser China ...
6.5x52mm Carcano: 1887 Kingdom of Italy: M1903 Springfield rifle.30-03.30-06 Springfield. 1903 United States: M1917 Enfield rifle.30-06 Springfield: 1917 United States: M200 Intervention.408 CheyTac: 2001 United States: Mannlicher M1886: 11x58mmR 8x52mmR Mannlicher: 1886 Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: Mannlicher M1888: 8x52mmR Mannlicher ...
Breda Mod. 5C 6.5 mm heavy machine gun; Breda Mod. 5G 6.5 mm light machine gun; Breda 30 6.5 mm light machine gun; Breda M31 (licensed copy of the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun) Breda 37 8 mm heavy machine gun; Breda 38 8 mm tank machine gun; FM 24/29 (ex-French) Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 6.5 mm machine gun; Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935 8 mm ...