You may encounter some that are referred to as 6.6 or 6.7 mm since it was the custom in Europe to refer to the military ammunition by bore diameter and sporting ammo by the groove diameter, although this was not always the case.Īnd we think the American system of cartridge ID is complicated.Ġ5 June 2006, 02:51 BFaucettHere ya go!!! I think all 3 were loaded at one time or another with hunting type bullets. The rimmed was most often used in double rifles while rimless was the magazine rifle version. My guess, and it's nothing more than that, is that the "old" Mannlicher would be the rimmed Dutch, while the 6.5 M-S would be the newest of the three and the one most often seen today, the 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer. This is the same rimless cartridge used in the 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer sporting rifle. For all practical purposes it is identical (except for the rim) to the next one which is the 6.5x54mm Greek which dates to approx 1900.
Next is the 6.5x53mmR Dutch & Romanian for use in the military rifles of those countries. The oldest, I believe, is the 6.5x52mm Italian rimless for use in the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. I'm not sure this will be of much help but in my collection I have 3 different 6.5 "Mannlicher" cartridges.
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