My boy bought a Italian M91 Carcano carbine.
I told him to check the rifling before he accepted it, or have the gunsmith do it. Gunsmith is who he had it shipped to.
He didn't listen, and brought it home all excited. I checked the barrel it was basically a smooth bore, very little rifling left, and pitted badly.
The bluing, and stock looked really good. I'm surprised the barrel was that bad.
He bought 400rds of 6.5 Carcano and they keyhole the target about 1 out of 5 shots, at 50yds the best pattern we could get was around 4.5".
I told him I could probably find some hard cast bullets for it oversized, and maybe it would help catch the little bit of rifling that it had to give it better accuracy.
Do these rifles have any surplus barrels at a decent price to possibly replace the one he has?
He's building a WWII rifle collection.
I told him to check the rifling before he accepted it, or have the gunsmith do it. Gunsmith is who he had it shipped to.
He didn't listen, and brought it home all excited. I checked the barrel it was basically a smooth bore, very little rifling left, and pitted badly.
The bluing, and stock looked really good. I'm surprised the barrel was that bad.
He bought 400rds of 6.5 Carcano and they keyhole the target about 1 out of 5 shots, at 50yds the best pattern we could get was around 4.5".
I told him I could probably find some hard cast bullets for it oversized, and maybe it would help catch the little bit of rifling that it had to give it better accuracy.
Do these rifles have any surplus barrels at a decent price to possibly replace the one he has?
He's building a WWII rifle collection.