![]() 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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