28-08-2014, 02:03 AM
Hi Magda
I started working on a rather long post earlier today that deals with the topic of your inquiry. The calibre of the rifle made little difference. One can compare the 6.5x52mm Carcano to the 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer; an excellent rifle highly regarded by many shooters. Both rifles shoot a 160 grain long roundnosed bullet at almost the same velocity. Both cartridge casings are almost identical, the 6.5 M-S being just a shade longer.
As you will see when I post the next thread, the original M91 Carcano long rifles were well made, accurate rifles. The beginning of the inaccurate rifle reputation began when Italian authorities elected to make a shorter carbine version of the long rifle, and attempted a few ill planned shortcuts in the process.
I started working on a rather long post earlier today that deals with the topic of your inquiry. The calibre of the rifle made little difference. One can compare the 6.5x52mm Carcano to the 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer; an excellent rifle highly regarded by many shooters. Both rifles shoot a 160 grain long roundnosed bullet at almost the same velocity. Both cartridge casings are almost identical, the 6.5 M-S being just a shade longer.
As you will see when I post the next thread, the original M91 Carcano long rifles were well made, accurate rifles. The beginning of the inaccurate rifle reputation began when Italian authorities elected to make a shorter carbine version of the long rifle, and attempted a few ill planned shortcuts in the process.
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