Looks like ME or MF in lozenge on bolt near where the bolt attaches to the receiver. Looks like small box (maybe originally an E), and O stamped on left rear of stock just forward of the buttplate (now a recoil pad) Illegible proof on left side of receiver. Looks like SG in a round lozenge stamped on lower left side of receiver and repeated on lower left side of the barrel just in front of the receiver. 53: which reads:Īnno 1914, Tiro a Segno Nazionale-Gara, di Milano, Premio del Ministero dell' Istruzione. Stock also has an award plaque as in Roatti's il '91, p. Stock cartouches are suberb, and bear the date 12 Pitting is very light with surface rust over the entire weapon when first purchased. Good finish and worksmanship, trigger marked MS in rĥ different (looks like) acceptance marks: PG, MC, LA encircled.Īn attempt was made to refinish the stock and the cartouches are faint. Various DL stamps elsewhere (also on receiver, with crown).Ī badly sporterized and now deactivated gun, with a non-matching beech stock from another rifle (FTR'ed in 1946, as the cartouche shows: FAT 1946 and PEL on left stock side). ROCCA in a rectangle on left side of bolt striker/cocking piece. Large, but very faint, illegible wood cartouche, left side buttstock above serial number. PG in oval next to Sengo Tiro Nazionale stamp on left chamber flat This rifle has the long, old fashioned rifle sights.Īn obvious rebuild, this seems to be an 1898 barrel on a much newer receiver and a like-new stock. Recently (as of ) purchased this rifle from collector in North Carolina, USA.īarrel: FAG 46, DL in an oval on the left side Rebuild stamps on stock: FAG/46 and 5-pointed star. Original serial number on stock (DH4205) has been overstamped Looks to be a refurbished rifle by RE but cant find a date when this was done. Letter D below bottom trigger gaurd screw.ĬV in an oval and stylised CE on top of bolt root.Ĭame with a Finnish sling marked SA and cleaning rod. The one on the left side appears to have been double struck. Has two large RE cartouches one on each side. OCR in a rectangle next to the name TERNI on top facet of barrel. Repair at stock heel, no import or rework marks.Ĭartouche is lightly struck and hard to make out. I presume this rifle was refurbished and reblued after WWI, and not issued thereafter.įew small signs of pitting under blueing (thick and black) at woodline. Two crown proofs on bolt knob, one more worn than the other. Hexagonal stamp on left side, hard to read, with Royal shield and date of 1897. On left octagonal barrel flat: very small GS in oval, and a crest topped by a crown in an oval īolt number does not match serial number. Upsidedown PO on the right side of the barrel Ĭrown over TRI in a circle on the reciever įaint outline of a large cartouche in the stock by the serial #. Rebuild due to defects in project of the stock in the first model.Ĭrown over a shield in an oval on the barrel With original first pattern sling (wide, not adjustable). Return to the American mirror of the Carcano Home Page.Ī coat of arms or shield inside a circle,Ĭheekside butt has oval within an oval, which appears to have a If you have a comment regarding the database, or have made an error entering data, please email Gaetano Liberatore. If you a question(s) regarding identifying your Carcano, you can email us. If you wish to add information to the database, please send us the information. Carcano Database - Carcano M91 (Including M91/24) Carcano Database - Carcano M91 (Including M91/24)
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