Anyone read carcano?

[Ukrainian might]

I pick up a sporterized carcano a bit ago for 75 bucks. It's pretty bad but I'm maybe looking to make it a long term project rifle. I've just got no idea what it originally was.

 

[bbrown]

A picture of the entire rifle would help.

 

[Ukrainian might]

There's not really much more. But I'll get some

 

[Growler215]

I'm not an expert, but the website below may give you some insight. It looks to me from the markings like it started as a M91 chambered in 6.5x52 Carcano, built in 1918 at Terni as a Fusile (long rifle) and was "rearsenaled" (including being shortened) at Terni in 1927 as a M91/24 Moschetto Truppe Speciali. However, the stock looks like it might be from a M38 Fusile corto (short rifle) since it has finger groove cutouts, which the Moschetto TS didn't have.

https://personal.stevens.edu/~gliberat/carcano/models.html

 

[Ukrainian might]

Thanks that's good to know. It was definitely cut down