Sep 12, 2018 Gun Deals: MAGPUL AR PMAG D60 Rifle Magazine $92.49 60 Rounds, w/CODE & FREE S&H Gun Deals: PSA 36″ Single Gun Case & Seven 30rd D&H Magazines $119.99 Vortex AMG UH-1 Gen 2 Holosight ALL NEW. A coworker has another rifle he wants to sell me. It's a Carcano short rifle in 7.35 with some feckling in some areas but otherwise good finish and decent bore and wood. All parts match, at least as far as I can tell. Markings are as follows: On the stock, the butt is stamped (obviously the S/N): D 98XX and a cartouche 'FABRICA D'ARMI R. The original Italian Military cartouche is still visible but faint on the left side of the butt, and the serial number stamped into the left side of the butt matches the gun. All of the controls on this Model 91/24 Carbine are in perfect working order, and the bolt works smoothly and turns into battery without any slop.
Moschetto TSM91 - manufactured by one company: 6.5mm Photo
Brescia; 1898 to 1919
M91/24 - 6.5mm long adjustable rear sight from rifle. Photo
M91/28 - manufactured by six companies: 6.5mm Photo
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
Pietro Lorenzotti;
Metallurgica Bresciana;
R.E.Terni;
M91/28 Tromboncino Launcia Bombe Photos(new)
M38 - manufactured by two companies: 7.35mm Photo
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
M38S - manufactured by two companies: 7.92mm Photo
Brescia, R.E.Terni
M91/38 - manufactured by two companies: 6.5mm Photo
Beretta;
Brescia;
Brescia; 1898 to 1919
M91/24 - 6.5mm long adjustable rear sight from rifle. Photo
M91/28 - manufactured by six companies: 6.5mm Photo
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
Pietro Lorenzotti;
Metallurgica Bresciana;
R.E.Terni;
M91/28 Tromboncino Launcia Bombe Photos(new)
M38 - manufactured by two companies: 7.35mm Photo
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
M38S - manufactured by two companies: 7.92mm Photo
Brescia, R.E.Terni
M91/38 - manufactured by two companies: 6.5mm Photo
Beretta;
Brescia;
Hans zimmer time midi files free software. Moschetto per Cavalleria
M91 - manufactured by three companies: 6.5mm
Brescia; 1894 to 1936
Gardone Val Trompia; 1935 to 1937
R.E.Terni; 1928 to 1937 Automator new pdf contact sheet.
Brescia; 1894 to 1936
Gardone Val Trompia; 1935 to 1937
R.E.Terni; 1928 to 1937 Automator new pdf contact sheet.
M38 - manufactured by four companies: 7.35mm
Beretta; 1939
Brescia; 1938
Gardone Val Trompia; 1939
R.E. Terni; 1938 to 1939
Beretta; 1939
Brescia; 1938
Gardone Val Trompia; 1939
R.E. Terni; 1938 to 1939
M38S - manufactured by two companies: 7.92mm Photo
Brescia; 1939 to 1941, R.E.Terni
Brescia; 1939 to 1941, R.E.Terni
M91/38 - manufactured by three companies: 6.5mm Photo
Beretta; 1940 thru 1943, fixed sight
Gardone Val Trompia; 1940 to 1945, fixed sight, after 43 this gun had no markings other than serial number
Brescia manufactured a carbine during this period but it remained in the 91 configuration with adjustable sight. 1940 thru 1943
Beretta; 1940 thru 1943, fixed sight
Gardone Val Trompia; 1940 to 1945, fixed sight, after 43 this gun had no markings other than serial number
Brescia manufactured a carbine during this period but it remained in the 91 configuration with adjustable sight. 1940 thru 1943
Socata rallye pilots flight manual. While the above are all of the guns called Carbines, the Fucile Corto is within the 21' barrel length to classify it as a carbine, so I am going to add it also.
Fucile Corto
M38- manufactured by four companys: 7.35mm
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
R.E. Terni;
M38-manufactured by four companys: 6.5mm
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
R.E. Terni;
M38-8mm conversion done by Heinrich Krieghoff at plant 12
Receiver marked HK
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
R.E. Terni;
M38-manufactured by four companys: 6.5mm
Beretta;
Brescia;
Gardone Val Trompia;
R.E. Terni;
M38-8mm conversion done by Heinrich Krieghoff at plant 12
Receiver marked HK
Cleaning kit for all versions
Accessories
Accessories
Reference books:
The Carcano Italy's Rifle -- by Richard Hobbs
Web Reference:
The Carcano Home Page
Great web page for the Carcano enthusiast
The Carcano Italy's Rifle -- by Richard Hobbs
Web Reference:
The Carcano Home Page
Great web page for the Carcano enthusiast
Insignia for the RSI Black Brigade
Photos like the one below of Italian Troops
Photos like the one below of Italian Troops
Italian forces in N. African Desert
The Carcano and Israel
by Dan Reynolds
Prior to the British withdrawal from Palestine in 1948 Jewish agents were combing Europe for rifles. They were buying anything they could find. A deal was struck for 8mm Carcano carbines and they were stored on an airfield in central Italy which had recently been used by the RAF. This was a relay point for contraband being smuggled by air from Europe. In May of 1948 Israel declared its Independence and and was immediately invaded by the Arab Nations. By July a major arms deal was struck with Czechoslovakia for rifles, machine guns, ammunition, pistols, smgs, and aircraft. Nightly illegal flights from Bratislava in Slovakia in a Dakota (C-47) twin engine aircraft with phony RAF markings and radio call signs were refueling at the Italian air field before flying on to deliver the 98K type 8mm Mausers to Israel. Arab agents were at this time seeking to buy rifles for their forces and were duped into buying the Carcano's from the Israeli agents as Israel no longer needed them. Some or many of them were tampered with so that they could not be of use once it was discovered that they would blow up. I also found out that the Brescia guns were never fully developed thus causing many failures. 10,000 were assembled to fulfill a contract even though they would not function correctly. Some of the 8mm were kept by the Israeli military and are marked with the Star of David, others bare Arabic writing but I do not know from which country as Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Iraq were all involved.
The British shipped a large number of captured Italian small arms to the Dutch in East Indies after 7 Dec.'41 as aid because they could not spare rifles or MG's of their own. A huge number of Italian small arms were floating around North Africa and Middle East that Arabs and Turags took from Italians or picked up from desert as they collapsed. These were smuggled south in Kenya and northeast into Arabia, Trans-Jordan, Palestine and beyond in the late forties as well as being used in Algeria, Morrocco and Tunisa by anti French movements up into '50's.
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This 1939 carbine is chambered for the 7.35mm Italian militarycartridge introduced in 1938. SN E9831
The Carcano rifle action was jointly developed by Lt. Col.Salvatore Carcano and Col. G. Parravicino at the Torino ArmsFactory in Turin, Italy. This turnbolt 6-shot repeating action,featuring dual locking lugs on the front of the bolt, is a copy ofthe Mauser Model 89, but it employs a single-column magazine ofMannlicher design. Initially adopted in 1891, the simple but ruggedCarcano rifles and carbines were the mainstay of the Italian Armyfor over 54 years and saw service in both World Wars. Over 54million have been produced.
The original Carcano design was chambered for the 6.5mm Carcanocartridge, which was one of the first small-caliber smokelessmilitary cartridges to be adopted by a major military power. Model1891 Carcano rifles and carbines remained in production through theend of the Second World War. The carbine variant employed apermanently-attached folding bayonet, while the rifle mounted astandard knife bayonet. In 1938, Italy adopted a new, largercaliber 7.35mm Carcano cartridge, which was based on the 6.5mmCarcano case but with an expanded neck to accommodate the largerbullet. The M38 rifle and carbine entered production during thisperiod, but Italy's involvement in the Second World War precludedlarge-scale adoption of the new arms.
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Consequently, the 7.35mm cartridge and chambering were bothdropped in favor of the original 6.5mm design, and many M38 longarms were re-barreled in 6.5mm. A special 6-shot cartridge clipmust be used with the Carcano action. Either full- orpartially-loaded clips may be inserted through the open action.When the clip is pressed down fully on the follower, aspring-loaded catch located in the rear of the box magazine securesthe clip in place. After all cartridges have been fired, the emptyclip drops out through the open bottom of the magazine. The Carcanoclip accommodated either the 6.5mm Carcano or the 7.35mm Carcanocartridge. Without a clip, the rifle can only be used as asingle-shot arm. This was a severe handicap if clips were lost orunavailable.
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Carcano arms were produced in Italy by the Italian Small ArmsArsenal at Terni, and at the National Arms Factory in Brescia.Additional examples were also manufactured by P. Beretta inGardone, Italy. In addition to Italian Army production, Carcanoswere also supplied to the Finnish Army during its war with theSoviet Union during the Second World War. Some M38s were alsomanufactured in 7.92mm caliber (8x57mm Mauser) for use by Germanarmed forces. A small-scale 6.5mm M 91 Carcano carbine, known asthe Italian or Fascist Youth Carbine, was produced as a boy'straining rifle. At the war's end, many former Italian Army Carcanosfound their way to the United States with returning servicemen astrophies of war. Thousands more became available for sale assurplus military arms.