Hi everyone! This is my first carcano rifle, so I have a few questions.
As i understand these were chambered in 7.35 up until 1939-40. Is it anything special to be such an early 6.5 model made by Beretta? Another thing I noticed was the lack of an import mark, was there somewhere specific I should check? I kind of doubt it was a battlefield pickup. Any and all info is appreciated!
Got a 1938 carcano 7.35
The tip of the striker is destroyed, found a replacement on ebay.
Has a little cross pin that holds it in place, will post how it turns out.
A mockup, not my proudest work by far, my phone makes the contrast far more obvious, the hand guard itself is only off by a little bit. Not to my satisfaction though, but because of the fitting process it’s a lot more obvious with the stock. I’m gonna get around to eventually stripping it down and bleaching it with oxalic acid. Using cut offs of the old and new hand guard shows they’ll blend in perfectly.
But now unfortunately I gotta start prepping for the long winter and very minimal time to work on it, hence the slap job linseed oil so the beech doesn’t check and crack. Once I’m home again for awhile I’ll also steam the stock.
Just bought this 1937 Gardone Val Trompia Carcano at auctions, and I was a little disappointed when I’ve seen how fucked the reciever was. That mf has clearly never been disassembled for decades, since the missing metal rust was still glued to the stock.
It still looks OK to shoot but I need some advices on what I should do.
Picked this up some time back because I started listening to milsurp world and heard them mention a Carcano. Saw this at a gun show and wanted to see what these were all about and have to admit I don't know much about them besides that it was a sporter. I have come to find out that this has some sort of mauser adjustable sight on it and a weird bolt handle. Its a RE Terni 1940 XVIII
I have spent a lot of time on the moderator's excellent web page researching serial charts. I have the above rifle with serial # D41XX, which would fall into the 1938 production year. Is it common that a 1938 block serial would be marked 1939 (XVII)?
If anyone has a lead on an M91 long rifle stock, id really appreciate it. Just took the barreled action out of this one to discover and almost completely through crack.
Does anyone have an idea what these receiver markings on the bottom mean? I have an Mod. 91/38 made in 1941.