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Currently US $84 First bid $75 Quantity 1 # of bids 3 Time left 14d 15h 58m 49s+ Started 2024-11-06 00:00:00 Ends 2024-12-05 17:00:00

Rel Fabbrica D'Armi Di Torre Annunziata, Model: M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Carcano, Cal: 6.5x52mm Carcano, MFG: 1878, S/N: UZ 5730, Bolt action rifle, 33 5.8'' barrel. USE SPECIAL DOWN LOADED AMMO ONLY IN THIS RIFLE, UNSAFE WITH COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF AMMO.

CONDITION: The straight wrist wood stock is good with numerus nicks, dings, dents, gouges, scratches & wear from use/age. There is a faint cartouche in the left cheek of the stock. The right cheek of the stock is marked with a ''X'' and a previous S/N. the left side of the stock above the magazine is stamped with a upside down ''F''. The black metal finish retains about full coverage with areas toning to a brown patina. The barrel is marked ''1878'' marking is faded, ''TORRE ANNUNZIATA'', a couple sets of proofs & the S/N. The bore is very good. Its bright with strong rifling but has light roughness. The barrel holds a barleycorn front sight with a tangent deep V-notch rear sight. The stock carries a steel buttplate that's toned brown & has roughness. Rifle has both sling swivels & comes with a cleaning rod. ANTIQUE No FFL Req.

HISTORY: Thes rifles started life as single shot black power rifle back in the 1870s. It was the most advance & strongest action at the time & goes back to the 1860s from the Swiss. In 1887 they were updated by adding on a Vitali magazine to the rifle making it a repeater. In WW1 Italy was struggling with producing enough Carcano rifles, so they took the old Vetterli rifles, replaced the Vitali mag with the Carcano magazine & relined the barrel to 6.5mm using the Salerno method, named after the armory where the conversions took place at in Salerno Italy. The rifles were almost 50 years old by this time & were designed for black power, not the high pressure smokeless of the 6.5mm round. They were used & issued widely so they most certainly could take the pressure for at least some time. But today they are considered unsafe to fire with standard ammo. ANTIQUE no FFL Req. - Value: 150 to 300

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Rel Fabbrica D'Armi Di Torre Annunziata, Model: M1870/87/15 Vet... Item # 4331 Current bid: US $84   Bid increment: US $5 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $89) (Do not include a dollar sign in your bid amount)   Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item from the seller.

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