carcano with no marking

[supermotard650]

I exchange a old .22 for a sporterized carcano, it is in a decent shape. i wanted to look for the history of the rifle, but there a nearly no marking, only a 6.5 mm on the receiver.

somebody at a gun show told me it was common to remove all of the marking of the rifle.

anybody have any clue?

i have tried the rifle, and once you get use to the sight it shoot pretty good.

does anybody know where i can get the magical bullet they use on kennedy, i can only found the normal brand....

 

[grelmar]

Scrubbing the markings is sadly common on a lot of sporterised guns. A real shame because it wipes out the history. With detailed pics of the receiver there's an outside chance some of the guys here who really know the Carcano might be able to figure out which version it was originally, but no guarantees.

As for the "magic bullet" (and yes, I know you're being somewhat sarcastic), pretty sure it was just run of the mill surplus 6.5 Carcano. Round nose mil surp Carcano ammo has a bit of a notorious tendency to tumble, spall, and corkscrew on contact with anything.

PBS's NOVA did an interesting documentary about the JFK assassination a few years ago. They spend a fair bit of time on the terminal ballistics of 6.5 Carcano, some interesting stuff.

Watched this when it first came out, can't remember where the bit about Carcano ballistics are, but the documentary as a whole is worth the time if you have it:

 

[sniper73]

You probably have an eaton carcano in 6.5x54,check your chamber

 

[rugbydave]

Scrubbing the markings is sadly common on a lot of sporterised guns. A real shame because it wipes out the history. With detailed pics of the receiver there's an outside chance some of the guys here who really know the Carcano might be able to figure out which version it was originally, but no guarantees.

As for the "magic bullet" (and yes, I know you're being somewhat sarcastic), pretty sure it was just run of the mill surplus 6.5 Carcano. Round nose mil surp Carcano ammo has a bit of a notorious tendency to tumble, spall, and corkscrew on contact with anything.

PBS's NOVA did an interesting documentary about the JFK assassination a few years ago. They spend a fair bit of time on the terminal ballistics of 6.5 Carcano, some interesting stuff.

Watched this when it first came out, can't remember where the bit about Carcano ballistics are, but the documentary as a whole is worth the time if you have it:

Interesting video but did they really state that the round nose Carcano bullets are more stable than a pointy spitzer type bullet? They also said that an M1 Garand or M1 carbine would be better "assassin weapons"...