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  2. John F. Kennedy assassination rifle - Wikipedia

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    On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated using a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38 rifle. In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, using the alias "A. Hidell", purchased by mail order the infantry carbine (described by the Warren Commission as a "Mannlicher–Carcano") with a telescopic sight. [1]

  3. Carcano - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. List of clip-fed firearms - Wikipedia

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    Stripper clip with permanent box magazine. Carcano: Bolt-action rifle 6.5×52mm Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×50mm Arisaka Italy Stripper clip with 6-round internal box magazine. Schönberger-Laumann 1892: Semi-automatic pistol 7.8×19mm Austria-Hungary

  5. 6.5×52mm Carcano - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Clip (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Original Austrian Mannlicher clips were often uni-directional, but already the Gewehr 88 and subsequently the M1891 Carcano used symmetrical clips. John Pedersen at first developed a irreversible clip [1] for his rifle, later he redesigned the clip to be reversible. [2] This design was also utilized for the competing designs by John Garand. [3]

  7. MBT 1925 - Wikipedia

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    The MBT 1925 was a prototype straight-pull bolt-action rifle of Italian origin. The rifle is fed by en-bloc clips and chambered for the 6.5x52mm Carcano cartridge. [ 2 ]

  8. 6.5×53mmR - Wikipedia

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    The clips were essentially disposable as ammunition would be issued already loaded into clips from the factory. The .256 Mannlicher cartridge also saw use as a sporting round. The elephant hunter W. D. M. Bell was fond of a Mannlicher M1893 rifle in .256 Mannlicher, (from renowned English gunmaker George Gibbs), that he used to hunt for meat in ...

  9. Stripper clip - Wikipedia

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    Stripper clip loading for a 7.92×57mm Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle. A device practically identical to a modern stripper clip was patented by inventor and treasurer of United States Cartridge Company De Witt C. Farrington in 1878, while a rarer type of the clip now known as Swiss-type (after the Schmidt–Rubin) frame charger was patented in 1886 by Louis P. Diss of Remington Arms. [3]