It's a cheap and easy hole to fill if you're a collector, but they suck if you want to shoot themDamn! I've been eyeballing one for years because they're cheap and JFK, but nah, I'll pass
Yeah. Guys wife rushed down here and took a bunch of pics.you don’t normally find nails like in that 1st photo holding Milsurp rifles.
Uh oh.Yeah. Guys wife rushed down here and took a bunch of pics.
Yeah. My experience with steinel wasn't exactly stellar, but... Damn.That shouldn't happen to a Carcano. They're generally well made guns and have pretty good steel in them. Their design does however make them kind of clunky to use. They're not the smoothest guns, and the enbloc clips can be a PITA to deal with.
There were some that were modified (drilled) overseas so that they would be "inoperable" though. Often, this was done in a way that you could not see without disassembling the gun, and it would still be possible to load and fire a round. It's possible one of those made it into a batch that was imported. It's also possible the ammo manufacturer screwed up and sent out a round that would make bubba's pissin hot reloads look mild. The shooter just won the bad luck and good luck lotteries simultaneously.
Could the ammo have been over charged?
No surprised.Here is a review from Steinel’s web page.
I truly belive your Carcano 6.5 is loaded to hot...at least the ammo I recieved.
The Steinel ammo locked up the action and I had to force open the bolt with a rubber hammer. Norma 6.5 ammo-no issues. Hornady 6.5 ammo-no issues. No longer produced. PPU 6.5 ammo-no issues. I also slugged the barrel and the diameter was good. Please reach out if you would like additional information about my experience.
Was mostly driven by a humiliating defeat in Ethiopia, where the Italians were attacked by a much larger force, and were defeated after running out of ammo.I read an article years ago on the development of the 6.5 Carcano round. As I recall the round was developed to fight who the Italians thought would be their next foes. It was supposed to penetrate winter clothing and the person wearing those clothes. They thought their was would be a mountain war against the Germans. This was 1891 era thinking.