Won my first Gunbroker auction - m1941 Carcano - How did I do?

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I have a 1938 model that I picked up last summer for about the same price, although mine has had the stock cut down. It should be a 7.35 x 51 caliber and factory ammunition is still available from Precision Cartridge of Indiana at a reasonable price. You will also need to run down some stripper clips if you want to feed from the magazine as the magazine operates similar to the Garand except the clip drops out through the bottom from the opening in front of the tripper housing. I have not yet had mine out to the range although it has a great "feel" to it as you hold it to your shoulder. If you are interested in WWII firearms I think you did well. The earlier models were 6.5 caliber I believe, but I don't know a lot about them. When you close the bolt without a loaded clip you must depress the magazine follower as it rises above the lower level of the boltface and acts as a stop the same as the follower in most WWII era magazines.
 
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The seller is right about the cleaning rod being wrong and as an added bonus, so is the bolt. Should be a straight handle, like this one---

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All M41 rifles are 6.5x52 Carcano---the 7.35 round had been dropped by the Italians by the time this design was produced.
-----krinko
 
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The seller is right about the cleaning rod being wrong and as an added bonus, so is the bolt. Should be a straight handle, like this one---

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All M41 rifles are 6.5x52 Carcano---the 7.35 round had been dropped by the Italians by the time this design was produced.
-----krinko
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Not necessarily, they all used the same bolt, I have seen em all with straight & bent bolts..............Looks like a nice one & not a bad price ither...............
 
The Model 41 Rifle was first imported in 1986 in large numbers. About half of these arrived with the carbine (bent) bolt.

Total production of the M41 was about 820K. Both Terni and Armaguerra made these from 1941-42 until the end of war2. Average production of 666 rifles per 24hrs, the high was 2400 in a single 24hr period, three shifts of workers.
 
"Total production of the M41 was about 820K. Both Terni and Armaguerra made these from 1941-42 until the end of war2. Average production of 666 rifles per 24hrs, the high was 2400 in a single 24hr period, three shifts of workers."

Sounds like you might have a specialist reference work there MCB---or are you quoting Wiki? At any rate, a source for the assertion, if there is one, that the M41 was issued with a bent bolt would be appreciated.
My reference books cover the Carcano only in passing.

The pictured rifle is a post-Mussolini 1943 Terni without import mark, my previous M41 was a FAT46 Terni rebuild, also without import mark---and of course, both straight bolts.
-----krinko
 
krinko said:
"Total production of the M41 was about 820K. Both Terni and Armaguerra made these from 1941-42 until the end of war2. Average production of 666 rifles per 24hrs, the high was 2400 in a single 24hr period, three shifts of workers."

Sounds like you might have a specialist reference work there MCB---or are you quoting Wiki? At any rate, a source for the assertion, if there is one, that the M41 was issued with a bent bolt would be appreciated.
My reference books cover the Carcano only in passing.

The pictured rifle is a post-Mussolini 1943 Terni without import mark, my previous M41 was a FAT46 Terni rebuild, also without import mark---and of course, both straight bolts.
-----krinko
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I have Richard Hobbs book "The Carcano-Italy's Military Rifle"

The book reads about the M41 "half were imported with bent bolts"

With no serial numbers on bolts it's difficult to know what each rifle was issued with.

The Hobbs book covers all models and gear associated with them.
 
Paid fair market for a decent rifle. Depending on shipping and transfer costs, maybe a slight bit high by the time it's in your hand, and nobody "wins" an auction besides the seller, but it's not a bad deal overall. Congrats!
 
nobody "wins" an auction besides the seller,
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- Vaarok

I beg to differ if you have to bid against someone than you can win, I watched auctions for about two weeks, to see what was going for how much and the condition. The majority that go for under 150 were sporters, although you would still see people who want 350 opening bid for their hacked up monsterpiece.
 
madcratebuilder - is their anyway to tell if the bolt came bent or if it was bent after import?
 
Mookiie ... now for the real fun. Get some Privi ammo and some clips and go shooting. If you can't find clips, you can (and must, lest you break your extractor) open the bolt, hold the trigger down and pull the bolt out, hook a cartridge under the extractor and reinsert it each time. (I did this for years on a M91 that would just NOT feed from the clips ... slowed down my rate of fire and kept my barrel cooler for much less mirage when running 50 rounds).

Then, for even more fun, get into reloading for it. Lee makes affordable dies and everything else you need is readily available. Just google Carcano Reloading and Dave Emary Carcano & knock yourself out.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Italian Rifles. My first milsurp was a M91/38 TS that my Dad sent back from Italy ... right out of an arsenal. That rifle and the desire to shoot it is what got me into reloading and into milsurp collecting. (Still have it, still shoot it, still love it) WATCH OUT! Both are EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE ... but, OH WHAT FUN!
 
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madcratebuilder - is their anyway to tell if the bolt came bent or if it was bent after import?
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Iy would involve heating to bend the bolt handle, after heating it would need to be reblued. I really don't see someone doing this and retaining original condition. Building a scoped sporter, then yes.

Your GB Carcano looks to have the factory bent bolt.
 
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