My uncle kept his freezer full of deer and moose with one. He used to headshot ducks with it as ammo was cheaper than shotgun ammo.

I have one. Best rifle I've even shot or owned. I'm poor. It was given to me and I take care of it. Killed my first deer with it. Right through the heart, when I skinned it, the heart was gone, barley an exit wound and it ran 50 yards after being shot

People who say things like " the carcano is slow and clumsy" or " the carcano is a piece of trash" have probably never even fired a carcano, they're just repeating falsehoods they've heard on tv. My 7.35 carcano is my favorite mil-sur rifle hands down !

I owned one and found it to be very accurate and I mean spot on! With practice you could pop off those 6 rounds with accuracy within seconds, I've done it. Found it to be a very good rifle. I did not find it to be "clunky".

Really appreciate the extra angles on this one as well as the fact that you described the loading process. Good stuff. Looks pretty cold out there.

Italian military wasn't a kind of large militia or para-military formation; it was a fully stablished force, even if less powerful compared to others. To say that the service rifle is a "piece of junk" is non-sense. I wonder how this good-looking, simple and easy rifle got such a bad fame.

It's a little bit surprise, but Carcano is very good rifle. Rispetto!!

in a test carried out by Italian Army the Carcano proved to be more accurate than the Garand. Obviously the Garand is a far better gun than Carcano. But Carcano is not that worse of Nagant, Lebel or other similar ordnance rifles.

I have 5 carcano's. They all shoot brilliantly! But isn't the model you are shooting take 7.3 not the 6.5? Mine is marked on the rear sight 7.3

for those wishing to shoot a Carcano fairly accurately I can recommend either finding the proper diameter bullets being .267 generally and barring that using a 264 diameter round nose bullet extra bearing surface seems to help some at least in mine

If you ask me, the Mannlicher-Carcano was one of the sexiest bolt actions in history. Hell, most Mannlicher type rifles are pretty damn good looking.

I picked mine up back in the day at a gun show back in NY for right around 35.00 USD. For the price I couldn't pass it up. It sat in my gun safe for a long time until I got some ammo together for it and had a LTI/PFI performed on it. I was thoroughly impressed with the cartridge and the weapon for being a C+R.

Hmm, not bad. The bolt seems to run pretty smooth despite what I've heard. Although the recoil looks a little stiff that's probably due to the shorter barrel. Looks like a decent rifle. Probably accurate enough to do the job in the hands of a pro.

My favourite rifle!

I agree, the Carcano has an undeserved reputation for poor quality and handling characteristics. Great angles and great shooting, a high quality production as always!

I like the Carcano. I think they are an underrespected weapon. The metallurgy is Czech, the Italians bought the rights. The rifles are pretty accurate. They are light. My Carcano carbine is a lot lighter then my Mosin carbine, so that makes for an easier woods hunting rifle. There is plenty of power to kill anything in my state, TX, including black bear, mountain lion and feral hog. Also, they are often quite affordable, especially if willing to buy one that was previously sporterized on import. The only real drawback is the lack of availability for cheap/plentiful milsurp ammo, like the Mosin has.

Picking up one of these in a couple weeks to go with my full length 1891 Carcano. Produced in 1894 @ Torre Annunziata! I'm geeked to have a shorter version of a great rifle!

If the Carcano was as clunky as people think, the Italians wouldn't have used it; they'd have gone for a copy of the Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, or Mauser action, or something like that; they wouldn't have stuck with a rifle that they knew performed poorly. If it ain't broke, don't fix it; conversely, if it's broke from the outset, don't bother fixing it, just replace it.

Great video. I can't wait to get a carcano for my collection.

Dislikes are from Jackie Kennedy and all her alts.

I love this rifle. I got the one with the folding bayonet (missing of course) but from its size to using enbloc clips it is my favorite. I would like to get the model you got as I actually have the bayonet my great grandfather was issued when he was sent to africa. question, do you get a problem when you go to chamber the last round and it goes about halfway through the clip then turns up 90 degrees?

Just picked up one at a local gun show. 150 bucks. Shot it yesterday and was surprised at the recoil! Mine is the carbine (6 inches shorter than my Carcano rifle). All of the experts on the Kennedy assignation say that Oswald had 3 shots in about six and a half seconds to hit Kennedy. (According to the Zapruder film). But if he was locked and loaded before he started firing, he could very easily get 2 shots of in 6 seconds. Not sure he could be that accurate though. After firing mine i find it hard to believe He could be so accurate with the recoil i experienced and also shooting this gun indoors! even with ear protection, I found it a very loud report! Just my random thoughts!

great rifle

I had a Carcano once i found proper sized bullets was a good shooter. The only reason i don't have it now is i gave it to a younger cousin. it was his first hi- powered rifle for hunting and reloading .

great vid - love all the angles! I have one of these with the folding bayonet (i think it's the cavalry carbine version) - - - haven't shot it yet but am excited to now! Do you know if it uses the same ammo as the one you have??

i saw some carcanos forsale for like 125. how do i know i have a good one? how accurate are they? im hoping its like a highpoint, ugly as sin but reliable and accurate...ish im just looking for a cheap ww2 gun to get the collection started as i learn what to look for, i just want near mint condition stuff but have no idea how to verify it....i can grade coins, i cant grade rifles for mint, fine, circulated and cull....well, i could probably identify a "cull" rifle but you get the point lol great vid

Great video, the rapport was just what was heard in Dallas. Are those the same size bullets Oswald used. Thanx

What is the range and acuracy over different distances within that range like?

Cool gun, I like that jacket, who makes it?

Gracias.

Carcano is a good weapon. It is a shame it is linked to such a crime.

The worst thing about the Carcano that Oswald used is the rather junky Hollywood Ordnance Optics scope he had on the thing. There's really nothing wrong with Carcanos. I'd like to have one someday.

Thanks for the video. I still believe the Carcano is clunky. By comparison, I shoot a Sig Sauer SSG3000. Super smooth, super fast, super accurate. Question: how is the empty clip removed? Does it fall out, removed through the top?

I dont know about you or anyone else, but when I get interested in a gun, its like I get bit by something because thats literally all I research or want for a long time (until I buy it or move onto something else haha!) Anyway, I recently have been weirdly obsessed with getting one of these. I think it started when I saw one for a ridiculously low price at a pawn shop, didnt buy it because I thought there had to be a catch, went home to research it and was gone when I went back, damn! And one thing ive noticed is that most ive come across have bolts that look exactly like yours! With that light rusting/freckling! I wonder if it has something to do with the steel or something? Oh ya, and the only reason I havent jumped on one of these is the cost of ammo. I have guns chambered in what I call 'dollar a round calibers' It sucks but I can deal with it.... The catch for me is availability. No where in stores, even sold out online at most places! And Privi is like the only modern manufacturer that I can find and they only produce it in 'runs'... Pretty discouraging so far. Im not one of those people thats like: I dont collect anything, all of my guns have a purpose/role!... I love history and collecting and im still considering one of these, ive just been discouraged by the ammo is all... Thanks for the review/video by the way!

this is just one of my favourite bolt action rifles

would I be able to get these rounds at my local gunshow? is there a website? I have one of these at my house and it's pretty old how can I tell if it's safe to shoot?

I actually own the same rifle. My great grandfather traded his K98 for one in Italy when he marched back from the southern USSR. Did you load the ammo yourself or did you buy from a source? all I have for it is about 20rds of period stuff that I'm too scared to use. its probably been sitting in the bandolier for 60 years...

The Carcano has the barrel a bit longer than the Springfield 1903 and, at least if there is not too degradation of the inner bore, progressive rifling, so it should be at least as accurate as the 1903 or the Garand, which have, as I know, a 24-inched barrel. Of course there is some trouble with the steel of the bore. in Italy, where I live, it has always been difficult to have special steels

Nice video really. Many of us do not know of such information. It would be good to give it a speed run. The scope is not necessary. Many people have told us that this was not a rifle that would work well enough, but in the hands of a professional, and at short distances, it appears to us that three rounds could be fired successfully. The power of the gun also was criticized, but bullet powder looks like enough.

is there a way for you to load those rounds with a powder similar to the time? Another point I want to ask you is this rifle as as "smooth" as you shot it. Remember the rifle action did snooth out with wear from cycling that bolt.

how accurate was it? what was made im 2003?

beautiful rifle I need that in my collection

Carcanos vary widely in quality as I learned by buying 6 of various models. Some are pretty smooth, most are clunky and rough (of the ones I own). It's kind of like Mosins. I have an M91 and some Finn 91/30s that are really smooth. But try a mid to late war 91/30 that was made under extreme duress and haste and they can be super rough.

Can I ask if anyone knows the velocity of the rifle alleged to be used by Oswald would be powerful enough to not only go through one man but two?

thanks buddy :)

My absolute favourite gun of all time

Such a nice rifle I had seen this at the gun show for $400

I have an M41 Carcano and the bolt will ride right over the last round in the clip, almost like the magazine follower isn't pushing it up all the way. If anyone knows what the problem might be please respond.

I have took countless hogs with my 7.35x51 carcano all were in one shoulder and out the other the carcano was the first rifle I ever owned my dad gave it to me in 1970 when I was 14 years old I have took deer elk with my carcano in Alaska

I just bought one its a carbine model. I have a question how do u hold the front blade middle low or even. If any tips plz tell me

what about the clip holder ? the metal thing the bullets were in ? do you take it out again and reuse ? the shells go flying when the bolt is pulled and the bullets sits in the target ?

I've aquired a barreled action for a 91/24 Carcano that I now need a stock for, any help from you would be greatly appreciated, please?

Maximum range how metres ?

Hi, l was wondering if you would look down the barrel of your 91/38 and please tell me how many lands and grooves it has and do you think it’s an accurate rifle? Thank you.

Hello, interesting video. I've just bought a Carcano M38 cavalry, I am accostumed to WW2 bolt action rifles, but I really struggle to understand the fixed iron sights of the M38... I miss every time even at 50 yds ... Can eomeone enlighten me with the use of Carcano fixed rear sight (V notch)...

I've wanted to pick up one of those for a long time.

Buon fucile. il sistema è Manllicher, otturatore ispirato al Mauser. non aveva niente di innovativo ma è stato progettato ispirandosi al meglio dei fucili dell'epoca. forse può sembrare rozzo, ma è fatto con buoni materiali (dovettero pagare il brevetto di un acciaio speciale cecoslovacco), la manutenzione è semplice e balisticamente è abbastanza preciso. forse il calibro è un po' leggero (era stato studiato un 7,35 mm ma la guerra ha bloccato la sostituzione dei 6,5 con il nuovo calibro). poco costoso e facile da produrre, è quello che serve in guerra. francamente preferirei un Carcano91 o un Mosin al Mauser, che se gela o è sporco non spara più.

Was the last round of the second magazine much louder than the rest?

Good video. A standard infantry rifle. Not great but not bad either. Should have had a large bullet. Action looks a little rough too. Is the bolt perhaps from another rifle and thusly too big or too small?

هل توجد حاليا معامل تصنع هذا السلاح ولكن حديث ويكون العتاد متوفر وبسعر مناسب انا اعتقد ان هذه البنادق اقوى من البنادق الحديثة

That M38 Carcano IMHO is the best of all the Carcanos, although I love shooting my 1895 M91 - it has a gain-twist, like the pre WW1 Enfields, still trying to notice the accuracy. BY THE WAY that 6.5 Western ammo you have there reeks of history. It was contracted by the CIA for a coup in communist Albania, an old Fascist Italian vassal state, lots of Carcanos. The plan was scrapped, & the 6.5 ammo was surplused..... Oswald bought a few boxes of it, & the rest is history. The US & USSR tested the M38s shooting ability w infantrymen & snipers. In either case, the rifle was accurate & fast. Oswald failed USMC sniping courses, no disgrace. I have been told the rifle he had came from Mussolini's guard unit, & was marked with crossed rifles over a target, a rifle chosen for its accuracy. To all the conspiracy theories I say "the truth is stranger than fiction"

I feel like I’m loading the clips wrong, it seems like the bolt doesn’t want to pick up the next round

almost that time again

I don't know what brass you are using for your reloads but the extractor groove on Norma brass is a little small May be contributing to the balky feeding , my carcano really sucked with the Norma stuff ,

I was shooting at a tin can with one of the many Carcanos I have owned. Distance was about the same as that fateful day in November. My 6.5 had the issue sights (no scope) which shoots very high at this range so I had to use Kentucky adjustment. I was shooting off-hand, no window sill rest. I shot at the can as fast as I could. Of the six rounds I kept the tin can flying or skipping five times. I was hitting it or hitting close enough that the dirt was moving the can. what did this teach me? No doubt in my mind that Oswald could have done this! He had a scope and rest. As to the sound of another shooter coming from the opposite direction. The answer is simple-echo. Perhaps some people who have not shot a lot have never experienced this? I have.

I kind of like how the Carcano can fire six bullets instead of five like most other bolt action rifles I hear about

The question is, how many clips do you have? :)

My gramps gave me his 1891 Calvary carbine today I've taken it apart 3 times and can't wait to find some ammo to shoot it. I figure it's gonna kick pretty well being so small. To be as old as it is , it's in good shape.

thx

Nice but it's not as smooth as the A3 03 or the jungle carbine. But I love this rifle!! Thanks for the video!

The gun is very good

I tried stoping my carcano it went through 6 logs 2 shovels and 1 4x4 and i could not find it

How in the hell do you even load the rounds into the En-bloc? I have the 1940 6.5 Carcano rifle. I do have the correct en-bloc's and 6.5x52 ammo. but it will not fit.

Hey 314, nice video. You gonna be doing any reloads with the Hornady .267 bullet? If so, what powder you gonna use? Cheers, Gary.

Thanks for the very informative video. I noticed that some rounds sounded louder than others. In the second clip, for example, the last round fired seemed to result in an especially loud report. Is this something that you have noticed and is there an explanation for it?

nice rifle

The bad reputation the Carcano had for accuracy was likely due to some of them having gain twist rifling. The were later shortened into carbines, resulting in them losing the gain twist portion of their rifling. The remaining rifling wasn't fast enough to stabilize the standard 6.5 Carcano projectile. Looks like the engineers who came up with the idea of converting the longer rifle barrels would have known that. And the diameter of post war bullets being too small to properly engage the rifling.

I had a Carcano back in the 1960's. It keyholed badly. Got rid of it and never looked back.

Hi what kind of loading you had and what was the accuracy?

Reloads. I think they are pretty hot as the primers seemed flattened out.

At 0:54 the closeup of the en bloc clip loaded with six rounds - the cartridge on the far left appears to have a shorter case and lower shoulder. Is this due to misalignment? Or are we looking at 2 different calibers?

Decent looking mil-surplus piece. Reading about it in Stephen Hunter's " Third Bullet ". Have never shot, or even seen one in the flesh.

are you able to dry fire the Carcano ? i ask because my neighbor gave me one and i tried to dry fire it and no sound or function at all...i was wondering if it had to be loaded to fire or is there a mechanical issue.

Wow perpect beautiful gun

Question.According to the Warren report, the FIRST bullet hit Kennedy through the neck, then through Conally's chest/damages some ribs, then goes through Conally's wrist, then lodged in his thigh. Conally disputes this. Anyway, photos of the alleged bullet found, show its slightly rounded at the tip, and the jacket intact. The bullet was a 1.2" copper jacket lead core. Knowing what you know about shooting and hunting, is it plausible that this bullet maintains its shape from 80 yards going through all these layers?

The Carcano works pretty well in Snipe Elite 4!!!

Nine Kennedys watch this video

Magnifico !

Why is it so damn hard to find pics or vids of this rifle's groups? No paper or reactive targets?.......

Quick question. Would it be ok for me to use the sound effects for my short film?

How do you get the bolt to work so smooth?

good vid

For advanced reloading just swedge down. .270 bullets to. 268 By using your reloading press and a custom sizer

It might be accurate but it takes a while (I'm not a gun person) it seems to adjust the bolt, aim and then fire.

Where did you get this rifle? Are they still available?

I wonder what the firing characteristics would be if you bottlenecked that cartidge a bit more and used .223 bullet instead.

How do you remove the clip?

i have one of these handed down to me. I am looking for ammunition. does anyone know where i can purchase some? on the barrel it says .735m. can i use 6.5mm as shown in this video? Thanks for the help.

Has your rifle been counter bored? Your muzzle looks much wider than mine.

Had the chance to shoot a carcano once. I have to be honest, I was a little dissapointed because I was supposed to shoot the .303 brit, which I had shot before, but this was the one brought. Compared to the .303, it was clunky and not as smooth. But now i wish I would have enjoyed the opportunity a little bit more.