28-06-2014, 05:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 28-06-2014, 02:57 PM by Bob Prudhomme.)
Frangible ammunition made for the 6.5x52mm Carcano. The frangible cartridge is the second one from the left, below, and is #7 in the text.
![[Image: 65ital2.jpg]](http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Misc/6.5x52%20Mannlicher-Carcano/65ital2.jpg)
7. This odd looking bullet, with its slightly necked profile and a silver 'seam' joining the nose with the body of the jacket, is the Magistri Model 1937 frangible bullet. Like #3 above, it was intended for shooting club marksmanship training. Two variations are known, one with a cupro-nickel bullet jacket with a 1939 dated headstamp, and the other with a copper jacket and a 1953 dated headstamp, as shown above and in this picture of a full clip. The two piece construction of the bullet and the necked profile is more apparent on the cartridges in the clip.
Another view of the frangible bullet in a 6 round Carcano clip. These bullets would have been ten years old at the time of the assassination. While the Carcano was no longer in use as an issued weapon in 1953, the better quality long rifles are still in use today in international shooting competitions. I wonder how accurate these frangible rounds were?
![[Image: 65Ital.JPG]](http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Misc/6.5x52%20Mannlicher-Carcano/65Ital.JPG)
7. This odd looking bullet, with its slightly necked profile and a silver 'seam' joining the nose with the body of the jacket, is the Magistri Model 1937 frangible bullet. Like #3 above, it was intended for shooting club marksmanship training. Two variations are known, one with a cupro-nickel bullet jacket with a 1939 dated headstamp, and the other with a copper jacket and a 1953 dated headstamp, as shown above and in this picture of a full clip. The two piece construction of the bullet and the necked profile is more apparent on the cartridges in the clip.
Another view of the frangible bullet in a 6 round Carcano clip. These bullets would have been ten years old at the time of the assassination. While the Carcano was no longer in use as an issued weapon in 1953, the better quality long rifles are still in use today in international shooting competitions. I wonder how accurate these frangible rounds were?
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964