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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 ...
Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, internal box magazine fed, repeating military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, the rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5×52mm Carcano round ( Cartuccia Modello 1895 ).
The Vetterli rifle used the 10.4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder. Some Vetterli rifles would later be converted into 6.5×52mm Carcano during World War I. Despite being supplanted by the Carcano rifle, it continued to see use in Italian service and abroad.
standard service rifle: Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine) Carcano M1891: Carcano: 6: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: 1893? 3.4 kg: integral, folding bayonet Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine) Carcano M1891: Carcano: 6: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: 1897? 3.4 kg: without bayonet Carcano ...
It was based on the Type 38 rifle and utilized a Carcano action, but retained the Arisaka/Mauser type 5-round box magazine. [6] It was chambered for the 6.5 x 50 mm cartridge. [ 1 ] Approximately 120,000 Type I rifles were produced in 1938 and 1939, with 30,000 each manufactured by Beretta and Fabbrica Nazionale d'Armi, and 60,000 manufactured ...
During World War I, like many nations, Italy faced a shortage of modern infantry rifles. As a stop-gap measure, hundreds of thousands of Vetterli-Vitali rifles and a few carbines and musquetoons were converted in Rome and Gardone to fire the 6.5x52mm Carcano round, by adding a 6.5 mm barrel liner and a Carcano-style magazine.
Carcano: Bolt-action: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: 1892–1950 M1 Garand: Semi-automatic.30-06 Springfield: 1945–1959 Beretta BM-59: Selective fire: 7.62×51mm NATO: 1959–1990 Beretta AR70/90: Selective fire: 5.56×45mm NATO: 1972–present Beretta ARX160: Selective fire: 5.56×45mm NATO: 2008–present (used in compresence with the ...
The MBT 1925 is fed from Carcano M91 clips that fall out of the bottom when the magazine is empty. The magazine follower closely resembles that of the M91. Despite appearing to be semiautomatic, it actually functions as a straight-pull manually-operated bolt action.