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See my earlier post for a $12 made in USA nylon holster that works perfectly.

FWIW, I worked with the customer service folks at Outbags USA to identify a basic nylon holster that would work for my M1951 (the Carabinieri setup was really just for fun) and settled on this model. About $12 delivered and made in USA, hard to beat, I have several holsters from them...

Has anyone here experimented with that 160gr Steinel ammo? Mine is not a cut down rifle (I don’t think any of the cavalry carbines are, only some of the T.S. ones). If I thought the ammo would work then I’d get some.

Thanks, I looked at the Steinel offerings and am not yet ready to pull the trigger on $1.60-1.70 per round plus shipping to arrive who knows when. It's also odd that their 160 gr cast lead load, almost identical to the Italian military 162 gr jacketed load, won't stabilize in carbines. I guess...

The reproduction Carcano en bloc clips don't have a great reputation, let's hope the Numrich ones are the exception. Has anyone been able to find 6.5mm Carcano ammo for sale? I am still coming up short.

I actually did just that plus DK included one with the carbine so I have five total, but I do want to keep them in good shape for the day you can’t find them anymore.

That butt plate looks a little odd as well, or the wood shrunk a lot in the Ethiopian sun.

One point of order...after a little more digging, I am pretty sure the repair on the right side of the stock of my cavalry carbine is just that...a repair...not evidence of a cut down stock intended for a rifle mounting a Tromboncino grenade launcher. This image seems to show what that should...

And would it be marked "/24" or is that just collector's terminology? Different question...anybody know a good source for original/replica/substitute Carcano slings and/or pouches or bandoliers for loaded clips?

As far as I can tell, the cavalry carbines were not made from cut down long rifles, just the TS carbines, is that right?

This is why I need a Berthier carbine, one of the five-shot 1916 models with the cover over the clip slot. ;-)

Thanks, all. I know what's supposed to happen, I was just thinking that those clips are getting expensive and the rifle's not much good without them, So I am wondering if anyone has come up with a way to hold on to them so they only fall part of the way and can be pocketed rather than dropping...

Random question...anyone know a trick for keeping the empty clips from falling out of a Carcano? Maybe a cloth or leather strap so they can still be removed but not fall out on their own?

I like the original 3-shot and 5-shot carbines and I wouldn’t mind one of the tirailleur short rifles, either. I do hear that original en bloc clips are hard to find, especially the 3-shot ones.

I like studying WWI and have only one gun from that era (M1917 refurbished for WWII but originally a WWI gun). I ordered the Carcano as an inexpensive WWI gun and because I like carbines but ended up with an almost identical WWII gun instead. No worries. Now if I could only find an affordable...

It would be nice if Carcano bashing and the Oswald discussion could move to another thread rather than derailing this one.

I have been doing some digging and found this site to be most useful, especially the pages on model identification and productions changes: http://personal.stevens.edu/~gliberat/carcano/ So, to answer a few of my own questions: The rounded barrel shank was introduced a couple of years before...

Well, that’s not terribly helpful, and FWIW when ammo was available before the the current influx of Carcanos drove up demand, it was less than half that price.

My Carcano arrived today and it’s a little rough but also intriguing. The Terni barrel has the rounded shank of an M1938 but it’s marked 1937XV and FP. It has the old-style adjustable rear sight but also the sight blade all the way forward like an M1938 moschetto. The bolt appears to be...

As far as I know, all Carcanos are Italian-made. If people stopped buying every brand of gun that has been used in a criminal act, we'd all have to make our own flintlocks.