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The fate of the Carcano with the bent reciever

jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
It is gone.I couldn't help myself, after beating the right reciever wall back into shape, I took it to the range and fired it tied to a tire, via string, from a distance of 100 yards. I fired progressively hotter loads, starting with the textbook start load for BLC2 and 100gr bullets, then an intermediate load, then a full load, then a full load plus two grains, which started to back the primer out. The gun held up fine. I did not fire the gun from the shoulder however. I sold it at a gunshow today as a parts gun for $50, making it clear to the buyer that the gun had a potential problem but that I had fired it. So I made $15 on it.
"...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • .250Savage.250Savage Member Posts: 812 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You're an honorable man.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jonk, I wish you'd have taken the 10.00 I offered you, and made the lamp. I hope the poor guy uses it for parts and not a starter gun for his buddy without a gun.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Well robsguns, the guy is a dealer and seemed to know what he was doing; I did explain the problem. Plus he offered $50 to your $10. Who knows, perhaps he has access to a reciever and has the know how to replace it and headspace it; in this case everything would be hunky dory.I debated disclosing the fate of the gun due to the number of people who advised I junk it, but since so many weighed in on the topic, I figured I might as well mention what happened.I then turned around and used the $50 towards the $175 price tag on a nice minty 1891 Mauser.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • paul1231paul1231 Member Posts: 49 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now, when I see a 6.5 Carcano at a gun show, or on a rack, I'm going to think to myself "Is that Jonk's ???" I've seen one two many 'death traps' waiting for suckers to come along. Even when the sellers are told, a few hours later the piece is back on the table.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Well, the guy who bought it had mainly class 3 stuff, FALs, etc., in short, like new high end (well, over $350) semi autos plus the machine guns... I just can't picture him putting the beat up carcano next to all this. He put it under his table. It probably is safe, after all it survived test firing with very hot loads. Still, with any antique gun, the adage "don't shoot unless a gunsmith checks it" is wise.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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