In Australia we have a good number of Carcano's around in good to very good condition, & generally still at good/reasonable prices (A$300-$400 which is approx US $200-$300). None seem to have come ex Ethiopia. Only thing is theres very little variation in models as 70% are 91/38 Carbines (fixed sight) & around 25% being full length rifles (mostly 91/41 models), with very few Cavalry Carbines or TS's ever seen on the open market for sale. Being a Commonwealth country, SMLE's (No.1 Mk 3's & No.4 Mk 1's) are our most plentiful Military Surplus rifles on the open market re availability (priced fm $A400 - A$1500, depending on model, age & condition). ...& like the US, prices for K-98's has gone nuts in the last 8 years (anywhere from A$1000-$4000...with the average more around A$2000-$3000 (for Vintage/German WW2 in 8mm, with RC's in around the A$1400-$2000 bracket. But with K98's the prices jump around depending also on how scarce the maker was & condition. Well that's my observations anyway in Australia. 🇦🇺 As always..."experiences may vary ". Cheers
I bought my Carcano carbine from Classic Firearms years ago when they got the batch of Italian Carabinieri issued rifles, and for $160 it's been a great buy!
I got my carcano carbine1899-1918 hand selected from RTI and it came back with rust and lots of dings. the hand select option said it'd be in very good to excellent condition.
Ah - you have some good ammo there - these need .268" ish diameter bullets. I see a lot of mention of .264" bullets being used - "standard" 6.5mm bullets used by 6.5x55 and the modern 6.5 cartridges. Thanks for the review.
You don't really need those 268 bullets that sometimes can be hard to find. The Hornaday #2645 will serve you well. It is 264 but the long javelin shape does improve the stability.
Just got mine from RTI, hand select good bore, very happy with my purchase! Wood was rough on upper hand guard and the stock and such. Little bit of rusting on the barrel and receiver, probably will clean up nicely though. I did order brass clips but got mat black instead but whatever. Can’t wait to clean it up and shoot it when Sentinel gets their new ammo out.
I had jumped on them as soon as I found out through a friend that they weren’t from Ethiopia! They are imported from Italy and his Carcano had a nice bore and overall very good appearance.
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Good luck finding the ammo! And, when you do, it is very expensive. Maybe someone will find some surplus to flood the market?
Nice. I have 2 from RTI, both Italian imports, both Brescia. 1917 and a 1941 fascist marked. Great bores, otherwise good + +.
Nice! 😎
In Australia we have a good number of Carcano's around in good to very good condition, & generally still at good/reasonable prices (A$300-$400 which is approx US $200-$300). None seem to have come ex Ethiopia. Only thing is theres very little variation in models as 70% are 91/38 Carbines (fixed sight) & around 25% being full length rifles (mostly 91/41 models), with very few Cavalry Carbines or TS's ever seen on the open market for sale.
Being a Commonwealth country, SMLE's (No.1 Mk 3's & No.4 Mk 1's) are our most plentiful Military Surplus rifles on the open market re availability (priced fm $A400 - A$1500, depending on model, age & condition).
...& like the US, prices for K-98's has gone nuts in the last 8 years (anywhere from A$1000-$4000...with the average more around A$2000-$3000 (for Vintage/German WW2 in 8mm, with RC's in around the A$1400-$2000 bracket.
But with K98's the prices jump around depending also on how scarce the maker was & condition.
Well that's my observations anyway in Australia. 🇦🇺
As always..."experiences may vary ".
Cheers
Interesting
I bought my Carcano carbine from Classic Firearms years ago when they got the batch of Italian Carabinieri issued rifles, and for $160 it's been a great buy!
Nice!
I got my carcano carbine1899-1918 hand selected from RTI and it came back with rust and lots of dings. the hand select option said it'd be in very good to excellent condition.
A few of mine had a lot of dings, it sucks but they ship these things in crates so I can imagine they get tossed around a lot in the shipping process.
Thank you for this video. I have been looking to get into collecting for a while now.
Glad I could help!
Ah - you have some good ammo there - these need .268" ish diameter bullets. I see a lot of mention of .264" bullets being used - "standard" 6.5mm bullets used by 6.5x55 and the modern 6.5 cartridges. Thanks for the review.
You don't really need those 268 bullets that sometimes can be hard to find. The Hornaday #2645 will serve you well. It is 264 but the long javelin shape does improve the stability.
Just got mine from RTI, hand select good bore, very happy with my purchase! Wood was rough on upper hand guard and the stock and such. Little bit of rusting on the barrel and receiver, probably will clean up nicely though. I did order brass clips but got mat black instead but whatever. Can’t wait to clean it up and shoot it when Sentinel gets their new ammo out.
Just waiting on Steinel now
I've been debating on picking up some of these myself
I had jumped on them as soon as I found out through a friend that they weren’t from Ethiopia! They are imported from Italy and his Carcano had a nice bore and overall very good appearance.
Hey Dan they look good !
Yes, I have been very satisfied with these
I have 3 of these from RTI.
For $150 a piece imo it's a great deal.
The Calvary type.
Awesome 😎