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NebrHogger
 Post subject: Markings I just acquired
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:13 pm 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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These are the 2 cav carbines I got on a blind buy. The seller had no pics and the worst possible description ever. "bayonets are in tact"

After I was done jumping with joy that I had two nice, complete cav carbines, I took them apart to look the marks over.

One is a very late war Gardone. Just a serial number and nothing else. I pulled the action from the stock to find "L Franchi" under the tang. Until now, I had believed his name only appears on post-war 7.9 conversions. I'm checking with the usual suspects in Italy about it.

The second is a 1941 FNA with a star in a circle on the front sight/bayonet mount. This is a post-war Repubblica Italiana mark and is quite scarce.

I had intended to sell one but have abandoned that idea.

Oh. The fellow included a bunch of SMI 943 6.5x52 steel case ammo. I won't be shooting any of that - I'll just put it away as an example of late war ammo. It was even on clips!

Now he wants me to make an offer on a "c 41 long rifle". I should probably just leave well enough alone. SW


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JOHNNY WACKO
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Witch 1 you selling and put my name on it. :D

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:25 pm 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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I have become very attached to them, Mr Wacko. Not selling! :P ;) :bigrin: I had that idea before I found the markings.

Franchi is still in biz - same family - and makes shotguns to this very day. SW

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looks like you did well on these , congrats
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Sounds like a major STEAL to me.

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:grin: :grin: Nice find. Sometimes you just get lucky. A couple more Carcanos and you may have to buy an old boxcar to store them in. :jmp: :rotflma: :lol

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Thats what i do 2,start out to sell and end up keeping. :jmp: Thats why its so much fun. :fny:

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