Carcano M91 in 7.35x51?

I don't know if they would reuse a M91 Action to make the M38, but they could if they wanted to. The 7.35 is just a necked up 6.5 case.

There was a M91/38 in 6.5 Carcano. Note the M91 had progressive rifling in the bore, so shorteneing the M91 barrel is a waste of effort.
M91 sporters are also not going to perform with a shortened barrel. Alos the 6.5 carcano bullet diameter is 6.77 mm (0.267 in) were as
the 6.5 swedish bullet diameter is 6.71 mm (0.264 in).
 
I don't know if any 7.35 rifles were set up by re-using 6.5 actions. Could have been done, don't know if they did.
Yes, a sported rifle with a cut down gain twist barrel might not shoot very well. I am sure this is why the Cooey-Carcanos had the barrels set back into a collar made using the original barrel's breech.
 
Thanks for this. I ask because I recently saw what looks like an M91 long rifle advertised as being in 7.35x51. As I understand it, all the 7.35x51 M38 rifles were newly built in that calibre.
 
Long term I think the Italians initial intent was to rebarrel or rebore their older rifles to 7.35, however they obviously never got there. It should be fairly easy to tell if it is in 7.35 as a 6.5 bullet would just drop down the bore. It would be interesting though if it was!
 
Came across this,

Carcano Rifle Series of the Regio Esercito

https://comandosupremo.com/carcano-rifle/

The rifle was produced in 5 calibers during its service history:

6.5×52: (M91’s, and the sub models M91/24, M91/28, M91/38, M91/41))
7.35×51: (M38 only)
7.92×57: IS Mauser (M38 S and German Army Conversions)
6.5×50: Japanese (Tipo I only)
6.5×54: MS Greek (Austrian rechambered WW I capture guns)
 
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