Guns International #: 102565418
Seller's Inventory #: 233324

Category - Military Rifles - Non-US - Military Arms

Category
Military Rifles - Non-US
Military Arms

WORLD WAR II Italian CARCANO M1938 6.5mm C&R CAVALRY Carbine LEATHER SLING Model Used in the Assassination of JOHN F. KENNEDY

Description:
WORLD WAR II Italian CARCANO M1938 6.5mm C&R CAVALRY Carbine LEATHER SLING

Model Used in the Assassination of JOHN F. KENNEDY

Here we present a C&R Italian Carcano Model 1938 Cavalry Carbine, manufactured in 1940 at the Beretta Gardone Gun Factory during a production run between 1938 and 1945. Fabbrica d'Armi Gardone Beretta (Gardone Beretta Gun Factory) was a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company during World War II. With the Wehrmacht's control of northern Italy, the Germans seized Beretta and continued producing arms until the 1945 German surrender in Italy.

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5×52mm Carcano round. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin Army Arsenal in 1890 and was originally called the Modello (model) 91 or simply M91. Successively replacing the previous Vetterli-Vitali rifles and carbines, it was produced from 1892 to 1945. The M91 was used in both rifle (fucile) and shorter-barreled carbine (moschetto) form by most Italian troops during World War I and by Italian and some German forces during World War II. 

After reports of inadequate performance at both short and long ranges during the campaigns in Italian North Africa (1924-1934), and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1934), the Italian army introduced a new short rifle in 1938, the Model 1938, together with a new cartridge in 7.35×51mm caliber. However, the Italian government was unable to successfully mass-produce the new arms in adequate quantities before the onset of World War II, and in 1940, all rifle and ammunition production reverted to 6.5 mm, but no 7.35 mm Mod. 38 rifles nor carbines were ever re-barreled to the old 6.5×52mm caliber.
Interestingly, the Carcano Model 1938 was the rifle owned by Lee Harvey Oswald and determined to be the John F. Kennedy assassination rifle.

The overall condition is very good. Original finish. Excellent action and bore. The stock is solid.

This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

Barrel is 21-1/2 inches.

Caliber: 6.5mm Italian

Overall condition as seen in photos.

Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING. Will need to be sent to your local FFL or C&R licensee. This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

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$1100

#233324
 

SOLD

Curio/Relic: Yes