Working on the theory post war guns were just assembled with parts laying around after the war, I bought 3 M91TS Carcanos from 1919 and those few examples certainly validated my theory. I'll post pics of them later when I root around in the safe and find them again.
In the meantime, I found this 1919 Bodeo on Gunborker which also seems to have been assembled by apprentices. See how the serial number is poorly struck? Also observe the letter c in Brescia is reversed - I've never seen that before on any weapon from that arsenal. (click on the image to enlarge it)
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Again, this is only a theory, but I see such poor work on the 1919 M91TS with poorly struck serial numbers and parts from different arsenals on the same gun. I further theorize since the war was over, leftover parts were gathered to make a few guns. The work was carried out by apprentices since the regular armorers were gone home on leave or had finished their military service.
This doesn't imply the guns themselves are substandard - I only mention a lack of attention to the fine detail seen before. SW
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