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Roger's Carcano
04 June 2010, 02:53
vapodogRoger's Carcano
Tell us about this one Roger
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06 June 2010, 00:15
bartscheThis was a battlefield pick up that the father of my brother-in-law gave me. It was a folding bayonet Carcano.
first the sights were removed. The rear sight had to be turned off on the lath. The remaining seam was welded over and th whole barrel was machined and polished, the front sight was soldered on and the rear was drilled and tapped. The chamber had to be lapped as it was closed to tight at welding.The hang down magaxine- trigger was replaced by a Mauser mod. 93 or 95 bottom metal. This took a little machining and fitting.The rails took a little modification to get good feeding.
This is the sporterized original stock.There was a lot of fitting, inletting and finishing. Yours truely did all the work and it took between 5 and 7 years.Just a fun project for a young man.
Before I could get reloadable brass I modified Military brass to accept boxer primers. I also machined and formed 30-40 and British (boxer primed)brass by removing the rims , grooving the heads and forming. I honestly thought I had answered the question on that thread.
roger
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06 June 2010, 06:16
vapodogThis is as nice a Carcano as I've seen....well done Roger!
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06 June 2010, 23:43
Rub Linequote:
Originally posted by bartsche:
This was a battlefield pick up that the father of my brother-in-law gave me. It was a folding bayonet Carcano.
first the sights were removed. The rear sight had to be turned off on the lath. The remaining seam was welded over and th whole barrel was machined and polished, the front sight was soldered on and the rear was drilled and tapped. The chamber had to be lapped as it was closed to tight at welding.The hang down magaxine- trigger was replaced by a Mauser mod. 93 or 95 bottom metal. This took a little machining and fitting.The rails took a little modification to get good feeding.
This is the sporterized original stock.There was a lot of fitting, inletting and finishing. Yours truely did all the work and it took between 5 and 7 years.Just a fun project for a young man.
Before I could get reloadable brass I modified Military brass to accept boxer primers. I also machined and formed 30-40 and British (boxer primed)brass by removing the rims , grooving the heads and forming. I honestly thought I had answered the question on that thread.
roger
Would you have a close-up of the inletted gold piece in the stock? That looks interesting.
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07 June 2010, 00:33
bartsche That is the inverse side of a Morgan silver dollar. I would be glad to send you a close up by E mail.I personally have never posted a foto on this form.
roger
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07 June 2010, 02:13
vapodog
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07 June 2010, 08:40
bartscheVD ! What a guy!
roger
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14 June 2010, 07:39
mauser93Vapodog, you continue to amaze. That is the ONLY nice Carcano that I have ever seen. And it is very nice indeed.
I'm being perfectly serious here...every other Carcano that I have laid eyes (or hands) on was (at best) ridden hard and put away wet
14 June 2010, 07:49
vapodogquote:
Originally posted by mauser93:
Vapodog, you continue to amaze. That is the ONLY nice Carcano that I have ever seen. And it is very nice indeed.
I'm being perfectly serious here...every other Carcano that I have laid eyes (or hands) on was (at best) ridden hard and put away wet
Thanks for the kind words....however this Carcano is the sole work and brainchild of Roger....he posts as bartsche
And FWIW I agree...it's a very good Carcano....if there is such a thing.
Roger has asked me to help with his next project.....and I'm honored to do so...it's going to be the same Carcano cartridge but on a VZ-24 action.....I think Roger wants to see what he can "wring" from the Carcano round!
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18 June 2010, 06:53
bartscheDoes anyone see the ghost image of the American flag in Vapo Dogs original thread start? My son the photographer's handy work.
roger
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18 June 2010, 07:14
bartschequote:
Originally posted by vapodog:
Roger has asked me to help with his next project.....and I'm honored to do so...it's going to be the same Carcano cartridge but on a VZ-24 action.....I think Roger wants to see what he can "wring" from the Carcano round!
What VD isaying is correct. Roger ,however, came to a fork in the road and the project goes on but is changeing some. Through the years the Carcano has kind of lead me to designing a similar wildcat but based on the .470" dia. head size (.308,30-06 etc.). As this is written the intent is to have VD build a 6.5mmx51.8mm. This would be a .260 with a 26.5degree shoulder with a neck close to .345" long and a seriously deep throat to acommodate long for caliber cup and core bullets.
The thinking was " Hey you got a lot of kicks with a couple Carcanos
but now it is time to move on and not try to relive the past." Soooo
All this thought work was done around the .308 as at the time there was no .260.
roger
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18 June 2010, 07:46
anukpukhow hard is it to get a .268 dia bbl ?
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tuff.
18 June 2010, 15:50
vapodogquote:
Originally posted by anukpuk:
how hard is it to get a .268 dia bbl ?
I don't know anyone that makes them.
One might be able to upset a .264 bullet in a die....not sure it's worth it however.
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25 June 2010, 11:16
anukpukyou can buy the proper size bullets from hornady
and i would like to have a carcano that was somewhat accurate just to play with, they are short and handy, a friend pinched a nerve in the palm of his hand working the saftey on one
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tuff.
25 June 2010, 18:18
vapodogquote:
Originally posted by bartsche:
Does anyone see the ghost image of the American flag in Vapo Dogs original thread start? My son the photographer's handy work.
roger
Had you not pointed it out, I'd have never noticed!....but it's there clear as hell!
Does this make it an American Carcano?
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25 June 2010, 21:23
bartschequote:
Originally posted by vapodog:
quote:
Originally posted by bartsche:
Does anyone see the ghost image of the
American flag in Vapo Dogs original thread start? My son the photographer's handy work.
roger
Had you not pointed it out, I'd have never noticed!....but it's there clear as hell!
Does this make it an American Carcano?
Joint effort between the Carcano folks and yours truely It's an "Americano"
roger
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26 June 2010, 01:22
vapodogquote:
It's an "Americano"
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26 June 2010, 05:28
bartschequote:
Originally posted by tin can:
I didn't take note, in the original thread, of the fitted bottom metal- unique and really compliments the rifle.
Thank you.
roger
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25 December 2015, 20:42
bartschequote:
Originally posted by mauser93:
Vapodog, you continue to amaze. That is the ONLY nice Carcano that I have ever seen. And it is very nice indeed.
I'm being perfectly serious here...every other Carcano that I have laid eyes (or hands) on was (at best) ridden hard and put away wet
I thank you also though late in coming.
roger
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27 December 2015, 19:59
Bill/OregonBeing a 6.5 lover, I'm a closet Carcano fan. Some of them are very nicely machined, others not so much. I had a very nice pre-WWI rifle that was among the most accurate surplus guns I have shot -- and that includes minty Swede 96's.
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02 January 2016, 22:25
Magnum Hunter1I found a Carcano action I forgot I had in my storage building and thought I would use it for a project with several different options on it that I am afraid to practice on a good action.
Is it possible to solder or pin an enbloc clip into the magazine and load the cartridges in it like a Mauser magazine?
03 January 2016, 21:57
bartschequote:
Originally posted by Magnum Hunter1:
I found a Carcano action I forgot I had in my storage building and thought I would use it for a project with several different options on it that I am afraid to practice on a good action.
Is it possible to solder or pin an enbloc clip into the magazine and load the cartridges in it like a Mauser magazine?
Another option is to make a single shot out of it . I did this with another Carcano by rechambering it to 6.5 X 55 and dumping the magazine metal. A load ramp was fashioned and welded in and an el cheapo trigger guard was screwed on the stock which was inleted and finished.
I'm still uninjured after using it to hunt and got two mule deer with it.
roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
05 January 2016, 03:43
Magnum Hunter1I have a Model 96 floorplate/bottom metal. I'll have to see if it will fit. But is it possible to affix an enbloc clip in one?
Thanks
05 January 2016, 20:02
bartschequote:
Originally posted by Magnum Hunter1:
I have a Model 96 floorplate/bottom metal. I'll have to see if it will fit. But is it possible to affix an enbloc clip in one?
Thanks
I never tried it but there is a fair possibility. Loading the cartridges into the clip might require some thinking.
roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
05 January 2016, 20:19
HerrMesserThey made Carcano rifles for the Japanese during WW2 and put Mauser type bottom metal on them.
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03 February 2016, 06:04
Grizzly Adamsquote:
s I modified Military brass to accept boxer primers. I also machined and formed 30-40 and British (boxer primed)brass by removing the rims
Wouldn't it have been easier to convert it to 6.5x 54 MS ?
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14 November 2016, 20:26
bartscheThis was my favorite Mil. sporter.
roger
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14 November 2016, 20:49
bartschequote:
Originally posted by Grizzly Adams:
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s I modified Military brass to accept boxer primers. I also machined and formed 30-40 and British (boxer primed)brass by removing the rims
Wouldn't it have been easier to convert it to 6.5x 54 MS ?
I know this is slow in coming Griz. When the 6.5 x 54 Norma brass was available I used it to form Carcano brass.
roger
Grizz
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