Most of you probably know old rifles better than me. I just picked this up and have no idea what it is. "TERNI" is stamped on top of the barrel caliber is approximately .261.

It is an Italian military barreled action, the Carcano, caliber 6.5x52 Italian (there was also an oddball 7.35 which used a .298" bullet).

A mail order outfit in Chicago once sold one to Lee Harvey Oswald for $12.95 (this one with a stock and a .22 rimfire scope). Unfortunately, it proved effective for what he wanted to do with it.

check with barsch 1895 mauser triggerguard may work

You also can make a nice little single shot out of it.
There is one other possibility.The Italians also made that rifle for the Japanese and it is chambered for the Arasaka cartridge.

The few that I had did not have that type of rear sight. roger

tomato stake.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
tomato stake.

A Carcano is what I suspected. After a little research this appears to be a model 91/24 Moschetto. Apparently the Italians took the model 1891 and chopped a bunch of them into carbines in the mid-late 1920's. Some were re-barreled, some weren't, all were 6.5x52. Around 260,000 rifles were converted. That is why it retains the old rifle sight that is graduated to 1500 meters.


And, yes P-Dog, I was thinking tomato stake as well. It was in with a bunch of other guns I bought and will probably sit on a shelf until I find a kid looking for a project.

Tomato stake indeed? But than I'm not very sophisticated. roger

father of the blaser

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Originally posted by butchloc:
father of the blaser

More like Blaser's Darth Vader.

Not many were ever fired but all were dropped at one time or another !

Hip

Klein's Sporting Goods; I remember it well.

I think my very first CF rifle was a 7.35mm Terni Carcano carbine. It had a fixed rear sight.

My recollection is that the safety was kind of odd . . . that when you engaged it, you could decompress the spring’s compression. Am I remembering correctly?

From my childhood, I also recall that the rifle cost about $12 and was used by Finland against the Russians during the Winter War.

Oh . . . I learned what corrosive primers were all about with that rifle . . . my excuse is only that I acquired it when I was somewhere between 10 and 12 years old and didn't have a clue that primers could be corrosive.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
tomato stake.

I have an old rusty 8X57 bbl that I use for a Dog tether. Sometimes this stuff can be pretty useful!

Im thinking tent stake, that's what Ive use for years in elk camp, but mine were more sophisticated, I use Mauser barrels.