Beretta Gardone 1940-XVIII Carcano M91/28 Bolt Action Carbine (2024)

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Is the Carcano rifle good? ›

Perhaps more than any other round and gun in history, people still argue to this day about the 6.5x52mm Carcano's effectiveness in taking down a human target — especially in a specific situation in which the shooter is positioned six stories above a moving target traveling away from the shooter at 11 mph.

The crucial distinction between both models is the intended caliber for which the gun was chambered: 6,5x52 Carcano for the M91 and 7,35x51 Carcano for the M38. As a result, those apparent Model 38 guns which - after 1940 - were again chambered for the older 6,5mm caliber are also called M91/38.

About 2,000,000 M91 Carcano rifles were made between 1892 and 1918. Most came out of the Terni arsenal, which produced more than 1,500,000.

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.

Both of the original Carcano cartridges, the 6.5x52 and the later 7.35x51 (the only one in this unusual caliber, by the way), are very well designed/laid out, and are more than fit for most small- to medium-sized game (this includes most deer species, with exception of large red deer, large elk, caribou, moose; it also ...

The long barrelled in 1941 version was adopted as an Infantry rifle by the Italian military, but a standard sniper variant was never widely manufactured." The Carcano, like before, is used by Italian infantry and RSI paratroopers. Scoped versions are used by Snipers.

6.5 Carcano is a solid cartridge, and I would trust it for deer hunting except for one thing. Modern production 6.5 is a slightly smaller diameter than the original 6.5 ammo a Carcano is chambered for. This means that it has a good chance of tumbling through the air instead of flying straight.

History. Although this rifle is often called "Mannlicher-Carcano", especially in American parlance, neither that designation nor the name "Mauser-Parravicino" is correct. Its official designation in Italian is simply Modello 1891, or M91 ("il novantuno").

What is the meaning of Carcano? ›

Carcano Name Meaning

Italian (Lombardy; Càrcano): habitational name from Carcano in Como province. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022.

Hetzenauer preferred a K98k Mauser rifle with a six-powered scope, while many German snipers preferred a four-powered scope on the Mauser.

The Mauser K98 was the rifle used by the entire German military during WW2. The sniper rifles used a side mounted scope. ZF39 being one of them. Unlike the modern military practice of building rifles and special cartridges for snipers the armies of the Second World War used what they had.

Probably THE top bolt action rifle was the Model 98 Mausers manufactured early in the war at Oberndorf, Germany. The British Pattern-14 Lee Enfield was stiff competition.

Carcano is better for PvP and rolling block for hunting if you focus on one of the two, but carcano is better all around if you only get one. Too many times, I've had my Rolling Block trained on a deer's head and have it pull up and miss completely when I pull the trigger.

In Online, this sniper rifle is available from all gunsmiths after reaching Rank 50.

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines introduced in 1891. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin Army Arsenal in 1890. It was used during World War I and by Italian and some German forces during World War II.