A fellow on Craigslist Vancouver is claiming to own a British WWI service rifle in 6.5. Ever heard of such a thing in active service?
He says:
"The 6.5 British was used in the first world war. It's a trench rifle and it's not common,it's (like I said) rare. Only 150,000 of them were made,and who knows how many still existing. Most of them were produced as training rifles because as I said it had the flattest trajectory of its time."
Wikipedia says:
In 1914 approximately 150,000 Arisaka Type 30 and Type 38 Rifles and Carbines were sold to British forces - mainly the Royal Navy, where they were used for training. The 6.5x50mm round was subsequently produced in Britain by the Kynoch company and was officially adopted for British service as the .256 inch caliber Mk II in 1917. The Arab armies organized by British Captain T. E. Lawrence to fight against the Ottoman Empire during World War I are purported to have been issued with Type 30 Rifles by the British in 6.5 mm though some have opined that the Bedouin forces mainly used captured Ottoman Mausers instead.[1] In all, the 6.5x50 mm Japanese semi-rimmed round has been used in either Japanese or domestically designed weapons by Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Finland and Indonesia. Many of the British Naval Arisakas were given to the White Russians.
He says:
"The 6.5 British was used in the first world war. It's a trench rifle and it's not common,it's (like I said) rare. Only 150,000 of them were made,and who knows how many still existing. Most of them were produced as training rifles because as I said it had the flattest trajectory of its time."
Wikipedia says:
In 1914 approximately 150,000 Arisaka Type 30 and Type 38 Rifles and Carbines were sold to British forces - mainly the Royal Navy, where they were used for training. The 6.5x50mm round was subsequently produced in Britain by the Kynoch company and was officially adopted for British service as the .256 inch caliber Mk II in 1917. The Arab armies organized by British Captain T. E. Lawrence to fight against the Ottoman Empire during World War I are purported to have been issued with Type 30 Rifles by the British in 6.5 mm though some have opined that the Bedouin forces mainly used captured Ottoman Mausers instead.[1] In all, the 6.5x50 mm Japanese semi-rimmed round has been used in either Japanese or domestically designed weapons by Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Finland and Indonesia. Many of the British Naval Arisakas were given to the White Russians.
