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Surplus WW2 and earlier ammunition is still available on the collector market, but these are primarily corrosive in nature and rifles fired using it will require a thorough cleaning to reduce the development of rust. 6.5x53mmR caliber pre-WW2 Dutch and
Romanian rifles are still commonly available on
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upwards from the magazine housing by means of a spring loaded latch at the rear of the magazine, operated by a recessed button in the front of the trigger guard portion of the assembly. The clips were essentially disposable as ammunition would be issued already loaded into clips from the factory.
384:
from 1895 to 1945. Dutch ammunition with cartridge cases made of brass (pre-occupation) or steel (under German occupation) may be encountered on the
American surplus market. In both instances, the primer pocket is Berdan-style, of an unusual type (Roth-patent), and features a central flash hole
426:
is loaded into the magazine from the top through the open receiver. The empty clip will fall out through a hole in the base of the magazine housing when out of cartridges, enabling quick reloading of the rifles during combat. Also when the bolt is fully open, full clips can be vigorously ejected
535:) chamber reamer has also been done, but the overall length of the original 6.5×53mmR Dutch or Romanian cartridge has to be maintained by seating the projectile more deeply into the cartridge case to fit the original magazine. In this case, it would also be best practice to retain the
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Portugal's Navy adopted this cartridge for the
Mannlicher Model 1896, officially known as "Espingarda Portuguesa Mod. 1896". It was also used by artillery and cavalry units of the Esercito. It was used only shortly until the adoption of the
396:
This is the original rimmed or "flanged" cartridge designed by Steyr-Mannlicher for the
Romanian and the Dutch military. In the family of Mannlicher cartridges, it is directly related to and the precursor of the later Greek
951:"The Portuguese Mod. 1904 Mauser Vergueiro: With the 98 Mauser just introduced, would you have gone back to the split-bridge receiver of the Gew 88? Portugal did, and the Mod. 1904 served for decades. - Free Online Library"
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running through the center of the integral Berdan anvil. When examining fired cases from the inside with a flashlight, this design gives the false impression of a Boxer primed cartridge case.
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the collector and surplus markets, and sport and recreational shooters can still enjoy using these "early modern rifles". Due to very close dimensional relationships,
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963:
Major-General Renato
Fernando Marques Pinto, "As Indústrias Militares e as Armas de Fogo Portáteis no Exército Português" Revista Militar 28 May 2010
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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
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Based on direct measurement of Dutch and German unfired ammunition averaged and compared to published original sources:
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393:, and most were then sent to the colonies. The AE (Arsenal do Esercito) made "M96" 6,5x53R ammo well into the 1930s.
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chamber. Alteration of the original 6.5×53mmR caliber chamber by re-chambering the rifle barrel with a 6.5x57R (see:
1111:
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designed trigger guard / magazine housing assembly, when the bolt is open and fully retracted to the rear the full
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6.5×57mmR upper pressure limit of 3300 Bar to reduce any additional stress on these 80 to 125 year old rifles.
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In the military service rifles, these cartridges are loaded primarily by using the
Mannlicher designed
414:"Commission" rifle. These pre-date and are similar in concept to the clip used later by the US Army's
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355:, which was provided to him by the Italian government in 1890 in order to build a rifle for it.
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and the
Netherlands in 1895. They used the first of a series of 6.5-millimetre (0.26 in)
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446:(from renowned English gunmaker George Gibbs), that he used to hunt for meat in Africa.
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826:
Standard
Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide
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1025:"rechargement: modification d'étuis courant pour calibres obsolètes"
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Mannlicher's Model 1891 rifle was adopted by
Romania in 1892 as the
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902:"Standard Ballistics of Kynoch Central-Fire Metallic Cartridges"
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cartridge also saw use as a sporting round. The elephant hunter
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rimless cartridge with which it is ballistically identical.
937:"6.5 X 52 MANNLICHER CARCANO | Cartridgecollector.net"
803:"Reissued Rifles of "The East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere""
860:. New York: William Morrow & Company. p. 384.
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cartridge cases can be made by resizing and trimming
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French copy of an original cartridge detail drawing
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319:, originally and more correctly produced as the
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556:French copy of an original cartridge drawing
872:".256 Mannlicher / 6.5x53R Reloading Data"
596:French copy of an original chamber drawing
1117:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1892
527:the resulting altered brass cases in the
662:Function diagram of the 6.5x53.5mmR and
458:
308:.256 Mannlicher / 6.5x53R Reloading Data
720:
650:French copy of an original clip drawing
546:
16:Austro-Hungarian rimmed rifle cartridge
974:"6,5 x 53,5 R Dutch Mannlicher M.1895"
18:
923:"History of the Carcano rifle system"
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679:Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
366:cartridges which became the standard
7:
14:
829:. Gun Digest Books. p. 283.
772:"The Rifles of Romania 1878-1948"
738:Mannlicher Collectors Association
823:Philip Peterson (20 July 2011).
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331:, is a late 19th-century rimmed
293:2,035 ft⋅lbf (2,759 J)
282:2,348 ft⋅lbf (3,183 J)
271:2,050 ft⋅lbf (2,780 J)
29:
464:6.5×53R (.256 Dutch-Mannlicher)
290:2,395 ft/s (730 m/s)
287:160 gr (10 g) Kynoch
279:2,800 ft/s (850 m/s)
268:2,433 ft/s (742 m/s)
108:Indonesian National Revolution
1:
684:6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer
399:6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer
276:135 gr (9 g) Kynoch
216:77.47 mm (3.050 in)
184:11.48 mm (0.452 in)
176:10.75 mm (0.423 in)
200:1.25 mm (0.049 in)
168:7.55 mm (0.297 in)
160:6.65 mm (0.262 in)
1102:Pistol and rifle cartridges
734:"A Mannlicher Introduction"
377:from 1893 to 1938, and the
208:53.5 mm (2.11 in)
192:13.4 mm (0.53 in)
1133:
991:Bell, WDM. "Chapter One".
451:Additional case dimensions
327:nomenclature known as the
265:159 gr (10 g) RN
1013:. Wolfe Publishing Group.
608:Romanian Mannlicher M1893
301:
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51:Place of origin
28:
688:6.5×57mmR Mauser - see:
858:Rifles and Machine Guns
776:Carbines for Collectors
523:(.30-40 US) brass, and
347:History and description
339:similar to other early
304:Rifles and Machine Guns
23:6.5×53mmR (6.5x53.5mmR)
854:Johnson, Melvin M. Jr.
620:Dutch Mannlicher M1895
410:as used in the German
173:Shoulder diameter
237:Ballistic performance
584:with .256 Mannlicher
420:Ferdinand Mannlicher
157:Bullet diameter
127:Ferdinand Mannlicher
1107:Military cartridges
487:Length to Shoulder
213:Overall length
86:Kingdom of Portugal
744:on 3 December 2013
370:cartridge for the
221:Rifling twist
197:Rim thickness
181:Base diameter
165:Neck diameter
114:Production history
78:Kingdom of Romania
35:Military cartridge
1112:Rimmed cartridges
836:978-1-4402-1451-6
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224:7.874 in (200 mm)
189:Rim diameter
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444:.256 Mannlicher,
440:Mannlicher M1893
391:Mauser-Vergueiro
375:Mannlicher M1893
360:Mannlicher M1893
353:6.5×52mm Carcano
341:smokeless powder
254:Bullet mass/type
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229:Primer type
205:Case length
123:Steyr Mannlicher
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498:Length to Neck
477:Shoulder Angle
469:Imperial (in.)
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432:.256 Mannlicher
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335:military rifle
329:.256 Mannlicher
325:imperial system
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61:Service history
55:Austria-Hungary
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1080:"6,5 x 57 R"
1060:"30–40 Krag"
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1027:(in French).
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884:. Retrieved
880:the original
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779:. Retrieved
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746:. Retrieved
742:the original
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710:.303 British
665:en-bloc clip
663:
637:en-bloc clip
582:.303 British
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525:Fire forming
517:.303 British
513:boxer-primed
509:
472:Metric (mm)
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424:en-bloc clip
407:en-bloc clip
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382:Geweer M. 95
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152:, bottleneck
104:World War II
909:Hoferwaffen
886:29 November
808:29 November
781:29 November
748:29 November
705:.30-40 Krag
521:.30-40 Krag
418:. With the
412:Gewehr 1888
321:6.5×53.5mmR
302:Source(s):
100:World War I
82:Netherlands
1096:Categories
716:References
364:Mannlicher
333:centerfire
66:In service
1007:"6.5x53R"
876:Load Data
442:rifle in
416:M1 Garand
343:designs.
337:cartridge
323:, and in
317:6.5×53mmR
69:1893–1945
1085:. C.I.P.
1065:. C.I.P.
1011:LoadData
978:Municion
856:(1944).
673:See also
372:Romanian
257:Velocity
133:Designed
119:Designer
96:Aceh War
543:Gallery
529:6.5x53R
480:25 deg
74:Used by
833:
632:Empty
537:C.I.P.
504:45.00
493:40.32
260:Energy
232:Berdan
150:Rimmed
1083:(PDF)
1063:(PDF)
1046:C.I.P
1042:(PDF)
905:(PDF)
501:1.77
490:1.59
379:Dutch
45:Rifle
888:2013
831:ISBN
810:2013
783:2013
750:2013
430:The
315:The
136:1892
92:Wars
41:Type
519:or
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