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Here's one of the newest members of the family. I purchased the rifle at the beginning of the year and have been searching for various stuff to "dress" it up since then. Well a couple of weeks ago I was able to secure a bayonet for the little carbine. These can be a little tricky to find and pricey when you do find them.
The reason appears to be (I'm not an Italian firearms collector) the folding bayonets weren't very strong and broke - A LOT. The Italians took many back and made them into non-folding bayonets, thus leaving fewer folders. Again, I'm not an Italian firearms guy, so I could have some of the details a little skewed-but I think I'm in the ballpark with the information.
I picked this particular carbine for two main reasons. First, it was one of the 94,500 Carcano carbines that were shipped to Finland in the Spring of 1940. Secondly, it's all matching - which means the receiver and stock only for these rifles. The Finned Carcano carbines (called Terni carbines by the Finns) aren't too hard to run across, but many are not matching. This carbine also has a soldiers initials carved into it - a Finnish trait it seems. This just helped seal the deal for me.
While the Finns didn't favor these little rifles with their fixed sights and non-standard ammo (dis-liked is a better term), they were still issued to many non-frontline troops.
Here are a few pics of the rifle with the sling and bayonet I found. You'll notice in the pictures exactly why the bayonet is an extremely hard one to find
Hope you enjoy the pics!
The reason appears to be (I'm not an Italian firearms collector) the folding bayonets weren't very strong and broke - A LOT. The Italians took many back and made them into non-folding bayonets, thus leaving fewer folders. Again, I'm not an Italian firearms guy, so I could have some of the details a little skewed-but I think I'm in the ballpark with the information.
I picked this particular carbine for two main reasons. First, it was one of the 94,500 Carcano carbines that were shipped to Finland in the Spring of 1940. Secondly, it's all matching - which means the receiver and stock only for these rifles. The Finned Carcano carbines (called Terni carbines by the Finns) aren't too hard to run across, but many are not matching. This carbine also has a soldiers initials carved into it - a Finnish trait it seems. This just helped seal the deal for me.
While the Finns didn't favor these little rifles with their fixed sights and non-standard ammo (dis-liked is a better term), they were still issued to many non-frontline troops.
Here are a few pics of the rifle with the sling and bayonet I found. You'll notice in the pictures exactly why the bayonet is an extremely hard one to find
Hope you enjoy the pics!
