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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 ).
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 ...
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 ...
This 6.5mm Carcano M91/38 was only manufactured for two years, 1940–1941, and discontinued in favor of a new 6.5mm long rifle, the M91/41, which was made until the end of the war. [5] The C2766 rifle was a part of surplus rifles sold by the Italian Army, through a tender, to the New York company Adam Consolidated Industries.
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 ...
The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian military's service rifle from 1870 to 1891. In 1887, it would be modified into the repeating M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali variant. The Vetterli rifle used the 10.4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder.
Carcano M1891: Carcano M1891: Carcano: 6: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: 1891: 2,063,750: 3.4 kg: 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 Modello 1891: Bolt-action rifle Italy: 3,000,000 [55] 4,500,000 [11] 'Brown Bess' Land Pattern Musket: Musket United Kingdom: 3,000,000 [56] [57] 4,300,000 [58] 3 million India Pattern Short Land Carbine made from 1795 [56] 1.6 million made in Birmingham and 2.7 million in London [58] Remington Model 1100: Semi-automatic shotgun United ...