The "Dangerous Eaton Carcano" - A Myth Busted - Updated 2 June

International Firearms sold a lot of these rifles for about $20.00 Ammo for them was also inexpensive.
The one I bought had pieces of metal deep into the wood from what I thought came from an explosion
Gun was in great condition
 
kjohn said:
Very interesting thread. I own one of these "Eaton's" Carcanos. I have one casing that was fired in the rifle and 13 loaded Norma rounds.

The fired primer seems normal enough. There is "6.5mm" stamped just behind the rear sight. Can anyone tell me if this means it is chambered for 6.5x52 Carcano or 6.5x54 MS? I will take a pic of the fired round beside a loaded factory round for comparison.

No, I wasn't the one who fired it! The fellow I bought it from had it registered as a - get this - Jap Army Rifle. That is what the marvelous registration certificate stated! Geez, no wonder people are blowing old guns up!!!:eek:
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If your rifle has double set triggers it is indeed chambered for 6.5x54MS. Your picture confirms this though.
 
Wow - a 14 year old thread revived - does that make it a "Methusaleh", "Rip Van Winkle" or "Necro" thread?

It's nice to see renewed interest in these guns. I had seven at one time and used to see them regularly for $100 or less. A significant part of Canadian gun history.
 
Japanese Flashless 6.5x50mm ammunition.

Japanese Snipers in WW2

From = http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/who-used-smokeless-flashless-munitions-in-wwii.70990/

Japanese Snipers in WW2 • Axis History Forum
Under the guidance of Colonel Namio Tatsumi, the 6.5mm Type 97 and 7.7mm Type 99 rifles were developed, being equipped with 2.5x or 4x power telescopic sights. One advantage of the smaller 6.5mm cartridge was that there was almost no smoke from the discharge, and the sound of the rifle-a distinctive high-pitched "crack"-made it very difficult to locate.

http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/who-used-smokeless-flashless-munitions-in-wwii.70990/

Japanese Type 97 Sniper Rifle ( Forgotten Weapons )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=431&v=LvoeQvHbCyc&feature=emb_logo
 
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Just found this thread,good read.I have one of the eaton carcano in 6.5 x54ms,I reload for it but only have about 20 brass.It shoots the 130 gr accubonds and h4895 around 2" at 100 yards,I shoot the minimium load in it.Great quad rifle.
 
The double set trigger on mine is fairly stiff,just wondering if anyone knows anything about them,is there away to convert to single trigger.
 
bubba300 said:
The double set trigger on mine is fairly stiff,just wondering if anyone knows anything about them,is there away to convert to single trigger.
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Why would you want to do that? Do you have close up pictures of the action on triggers out of the stock? Someone likely set it up that way on purpose due to not having any experience with fine triggers.
Do you see any small screws behind the triggers, 1 or 2?

https://bpcr.net/site_docs-results_schedules/documents/Double_and_Single_set_Trigger_Adjustment.htm

http://www.hallowellco.com/double_set_triggers.htm
 
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I second that! The double set trigger is a joy when set up properly, and the trademark of an Austrian sporting rifle (which is what this rifle is, albeit a very "economy" model). I actually go out of my way to pick up any DST's I see up for sale, to add to other rifles. This usually happens when someone decides to convert to a plain trigger. If you do decide to convert to a single trigger (a regular Carcano trigger), please let me know and I'll be happy to buy the DST from you.

And many thanks to you, Diopter, for making those excellent links available. I'm adding those to my reference files!
 
Nothing wrong with having a few doubles laying around...:redface:

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