Bedding for a Cooey Carcano, updated with pics of the restored rifle

granite said:
Just did the conversion to 7.62X39 - take a 303 barrel, cut the threads off, re-thread to the Carcano action, install and headspace.
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Hmm... sounds interesting granite..... I have an eatons carcano that has bad headspace, not sure what im gonna do with it... 7.62x39?? Im not a gunsmiith , but i have machinist friends .... should i bother?


Flyingpig- Nice job... She will love it !
 
Hey FP - nice job on the restoration - looks great - a couple interesting things that differ it slightly from my puppy and maybe smellie might have some comment on it - the bolt handle looks like it is slightly swept back rather than 90 degrees down plus you mentioned the rear sight is dovetailed in - all the sporterized Eatons puppies I have seen have the standard small short unadjustable rear sight fitted on the block from the original stub of the Carcano - someone must have milled in a dovetail, eh? 10 years supply of brass - interested in making that 9 years supply? what make?
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
ACHTUNG! I just did a quick search on these rifles. If it has an Eaton stamp on it, you best not fire it with your
standard 6.5x54 ammo. Turns out these post WW1 rifles were made by adding a .264 barrel by means of a sub chamber inserted into the original chamber. In otherwords, you have a 3 piece system of barrel attachment to reciever held together by a short stub screw. These are not properly sleeved and are dangerous to fire with industry standard loads.

You did nice work on the beasty, but if you must fire it, use a cast lead bullet ahead of about 8gr. of Trail Boss to be safe. Better yet, order up a nice McGowen barrel from Mystic Precision to the specs you prefer.

Don't shoot factory stuff or milsurp from that rifle!:(

I still want one though.....to fix up right.
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That's a load of BUNK. I've disassembled a few of these. The original barrel stop is retained as an adaptor and is internally threaded. It acts as a thread adaptor. A new barrel is then threaded inside the stub. The screw under the old stub is only a set screw to stop the barrel from rotating, but it IS threaded and is very safe and solid for the calibre.

Andy on here tried to blow one up on purpose. It survived a case full of unique and Jason at Gunco had to hammer the failed cartridge out of the barrel since it had fused to the chamber walls. The rifle survived just fine and could have been shot again.

Don;t believe everything you hear at gunshows or read on random websites.
 
I agree Claven. Do you know of any that would be easier to fit that won't require any more wood to be removed from the butt? I'd like to have some type of pad on there for her, I'd like this one to be as pleasant as possible for her.

I found a barrel mounted peep that looks decent and mounts via a 3/8 dovetail:

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I'll have a look for a nice pad for her too.
 
Claven2 said:
That's a load of BUNK. I've disassembled a few of these. The original barrel stop is retained as an adaptor and is internally threaded. It acts as a thread adaptor. A new barrel is then threaded inside the stub. The screw under the old stub is only a set screw to stop the barrel from rotating, but it IS threaded and is very safe and solid for the calibre.

Andy on here tried to blow one up on purpose. It survived a case full of unique and Jason at Gunco had to hammer the failed cartridge out of the barrel since it had fused to the chamber walls. The rifle survived just fine and could have been shot again.

Don;t believe everything you hear at gunshows or read on random websites.
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Too late dude, I've already done the homework on these rifles and found them to be safe.
As long as they are in good condition and have no headspace issues...party on.
 
You did a great job flying pig! Nice looking Carcano now!

I had one of these years ago and handloaded rounds using an old Siearra manual. It was the first rifle I ever loaded for and those rounds were HOT! Brass would extrude into the mud gutter on the bolt head! Needless to say that even as inexperienced as I was with reloading I knew something was wrong and stopped but it goes to prove (as already proved by Andy) that these guns are perfectly safe with normal loads.

I also had a Carcano with a side mounted scope. I can't remember the base number but it fit and worked perfectly. The stock was cut out around the mount to fit and it had an old Weaver 1.5x scope on it. It shot 1.5" or better at 100yds and you could still load it via the clips. Just a thought if you're looking for sight options.
 
Butt pads are generally bought oversized and then ground down to fit your stock using a special fixture at a gunsmithing shop. It can be done at home, but rarely turns out as well as when done with purpose-built tools.

I'd put on a Pachmayr decelerator with the old English type gesture (not the shotgun texture). Any gunsmith can do it fairly easily. Beware though, a good pad can be less cheap than you might imagine.
 
For sure. I think I found the one you are describing. At Wholesale it was around $60, which would be worth it for this rifle after all the work I've done. The special tooling, it must be some kind of rasp with a sharper texture?? I'm interested in doing the update for her, but if something scratched that finish there would be hell to pay!
 
Nice work, but I agree on the buttpad.

I have "several" of these, having bought them here and there over the years, first to test and then for "projects" (which for me often means something that I start, but don't finish for years), and a few for the double trigger setup.

There seems to be a lot of interest in these and they seem to be fairly plentiful. Is there a cottage industry potential? At least a sticky?

Just not in Milsurp, since it ain't.....
 
FP: Very nice job on the Eaton's Carcano! I bought one a couple of years back from a fellow who insisted it was a "Jap" rifle. He gave me a part box of 6.5 Carcano Norma ammo with it! Pretty much wrong on all points, I'd say. I sold it this Fall to a young fellow who went straight over to another table and bought two boxes of the proper 6.5x54 MS ammo. He intended to clean it up and also reload for it.
 
flying pig said:
For sure. I think I found the one you are describing. At Wholesale it was around $60, which would be worth it for this rifle after all the work I've done. The special tooling, it must be some kind of rasp with a sharper texture?? I'm interested in doing the update for her, but if something scratched that finish there would be hell to pay!
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When smiths do this, they scribe the back of the pad to match the stock, then grind to shape on the fixture, off the rifle. You are paying them for hard-won skill. If you do it yourself, it may work, but it will never look as nice.
 
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