Italian cartridge case?

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"it is a British made .256 inch Arisaka (6.5x50SR) cartridge made for Russia for the Japanese rifles they used. It was made by Kynoch in Birmingham in 1916 and we supplied about 500 million rounds" - TonyE (WW2 Militaria, Uniforms - WW2 Militaria collectors - historians forum. Uniforms, armor, battlefields at War Relics Forum)