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Corcano Carbine or sportirized Corcano rifle?

ginmaster
This is a carbine I recently picked up. It no longer has the original rear sight. It was replaced with a buckhorn rear sight. Was it a rifle that was cut down or was it a Carbine that was modified a bit? Been think about buying some 6.5mm for it to see how well is shots.
The rear sight is a Marbels.
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  • rufe-snow
    If the barrel hasn't been cut from it's original length you can generally tell that way, i.e the carbine had a 17 1/2" barrel, the short rifle was 22 1/8".

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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    Judging by the barrel length and the rear sight, which appears to be mounted on what was the fixed rear sight, I'd say you have a "sporterized" M-38 short rifle. You should be able to find a date and/or some Roman Numerals on the barrel just forward of the receiver, and that would help identify your rifle.
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  • ginmaster
    quote:Originally posted by Der Gebirgsjager
    Judging by the barrel length and the rear sight, which appears to be mounted on what was the fixed rear sight, I'd say you have a "sporterized" M-38 short rifle. You should be able to find a date and/or some Roman Numerals on the barrel just forward of the receiver, and that would help identify your rifle.




    The date is 1939 XVII. I can also see TRENI. Thanks for your help.

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  • jonk
    Just a note. 6.5X52 Carcano ammo is available from several sources, but get it from Graf's as it is loaded with the proper bullet; proper bullet diameter is .268"; most ammo is loaded with .264" bullets due to availability, which doesn't help accuracy.

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  • Hangfire
    I agree-1938 short rifle. In addition to the rear sight, the stock has been cut. If you check again I believe you will see the word is "Terni" for the mfg/arsenal.

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  • 1KYDSTR
    Springfield Sporters might well have wood and some other spare parts for your Terni..check it out if you want to return it to original.

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  • ginmaster
    "Terni" it is.

    It's marked "SA", 20.5 inch barrel(22" if measure the shank) and is in 7.35mm. From what I read of auction #27308607 "This rifle is SA marked, indicating that it was one of the rifles sent to hael Finland in their fight against Russia." Too bad I couldn't get to it before this happened. BTW there is two notch marks (that have been filled in) on the top of the stock.[:0]

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