#Terni rifle serial numbers driver#

264 diameter bullets, you can achieve stellar accuracy from this rifle. From everything I have seen and read on the interweb, if you hand load or know someone who hand loads and you load your cartridges with. 264 diameter round-nose bullets while the rifle generally has a. The factory ammo usually comes loaded with. Much of that argument has to do with the ammunition being fired through the rifle.

#Terni rifle serial numbers driver#

From some who say it canвЂ™t hit the side of a barn at 10 paces to those who say it is a tack driver at 100 yards. Much has been said about this little rifle, both good and bad. There are literally hundreds of websites and blogs out there on the interweb where those discussions can be had.ДЇor this post, I would like to talk about MY new/old rifle. I am not here to provide my opinions on assassination and conspiracy theories. If there's enough interest here, I can start a separate thread on my late war Carcanos.For the sake of this post, I do not want to discuss whether or not a man could shoot this rifle three times within 5 to 6 seconds and hit a moving target at approximately 80 вЂ“ 90 yards. In the USA, late war examples are usually in excellent condition and appear to have been used very little, or not at all. It's likely that both the RSI and the Germans utilized them. The real question is 'who used the late war Carcanos?' The obvious choice would be Italian soldiers loyal to the RSI, but some late war Carcanos show hints of German use, and period photos definitely show this, although some of the rifles and carbines used by the Wehrmacht could have been captured or surrendered after the armistice of September 1943. The latter factory ('factories' is probably more accurate) continued production through 1944 and likely into 1945. I have a late war Model 1941 that has a Terni made barrel, but was assembled and numbered at Arma Guerra Cremona. Some late war Carcanos show evidence of the use of parts from different origins. They entirely funded their movement and resumed production mostly out of the range of Allied bombing and in the heart of the RSI and German-controlled areas. The result was that the Germans, who had identified Italian producers as necessary for the German war effort in Italy, organized the collection and movement of all useful parts, components and machinery from intact and damaged factories to the north. They were fascinating and showed how the Italian business owners actually benefitted indirectly from the Allied bombing at places like Terni. I read two US Army documents from the post-war period that addressed Italian small arms production, and the nature of the Italian war economy. The late war period is very interesting in terms of small arms production in Italy, whether in the RSI or the liberated regions. That's exactly my understanding of the situation. Another characteristic of the TerniвЂ™s refurb job is the ugly, black bluing on metal parts.Д«elow a group of Folgore paratroopers carrying 91/38вЂ™s and one MAB 38 El Alamein, 1942. Sometimes one can find parts dating even WWI. As already pointed out by PRE, during refurb process every functional part was used, so the mix of different makers stamped parts is the norm. The cartouche FAET means вЂњFabbrica Armi Esercito TerniвЂќ (Army weapons factory Terni) a cartouche bearing FAT could also be find in these reworked rifles. The stock (salvaged and force matched) bears a non common wartime refurbishment date, since the vast majority have been reworked postwar, mainly in the late 40вЂ™s. On the barrel chamber you see the s/n, the GardoneвЂ™s logo and the date: (1) 941 and XIX, that indicates the 19th year of Fascist Era (counting from to almost every weapon made during this timeframe will bear these Roman numbers). production, made in 1941 and refurbished in Terni in 1944. Some pics of mine: this one is a Gardone V.T. Issued to the elite troops, such as Bersaglieri and paratroopers, was also widely used (and photographed) during the civil war 43/45 both by partisan and fascist forces. The 91/38 вЂќcavalryвЂќ is for sure the most iconic small arm carried by our soldiers during WWII, more than the famous, but less common, MAB smg. Hi, I think IвЂ™m a bit late on this topic, anyway I hope to add something of interest.