alsaqr
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i've owned all the various models of the Carcano rifle: Still have a couple. Mine are accurate when loaded with the proper .268 bullets.
IMO: The Carcano gets a bad rap.
IMO: The Carcano gets a bad rap.
Obviously you don't know much about Carcano milsurps. I have owned several that shot into two inches @ 100 yards, with the correctly sized .268" bullets. They are not poorly designed, quite the opposite, at least from a military point of view. They are simple, easy to manufacture, robust and rugged. Not as pretty as a 98 Mauser, perhaps, but just as capable in it's intended role. The action is more than strong enough for its intended cartridge. As a military weapon it was as good as most of its contemporaries.
$400 ? Considering that Nagant revolvers used to sell for $79; and Mosins for about the same; and a good SKS was $129... that seems about right.
This seems half legit half scamNever ordered from them....
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The poor reputation of Carcanos-like the poor reputation of French military arms-has less to do with design and manufacturing problems than with the dismal combat record of Italian and French forces in WWII.
If it's a 7.35mm rifle, they're more rare and $400 is probably about right these days for one in good condition.
Couldn’t imagine paying $400 for one but I would have never thought people would buy pet rocks either…
Do consider ammo cost and availability if you intent to shoot it, especially 7.35mm, which is pretty much a handloading proposition and not easy to find brass for, or the .298" bullets. I haven't shot mine in a long time.
Yeah, part of getting old. Last truck I bought cost more than our first 4 bedroom house…
Some years ago, Handloader magazine did a semi-joke article, treating the 7.35 as a new cartridge, calling it the .299 Express or some such.
But no joke, with fresh modern powder suited to its case volume, it did very well. In a sleek commercial rifle, it would have probably sold.