FailureByDesign
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Hello everybody, ok heres what i do know about this old rifle that has been passed down to be, its in rough shape, although straight barrel and all working components.
It's an Italian Vetterli in 6.5mm Carcano. They were originally a single shot 11mm. Later converted to a repeater by adding a magazine. The final conversion was to 6.5 Carcano (Either by a barrel liner or, in some cases, a new barrel.) The 6.5 Carcano is loaded via an enblock clip (ala Mannilicher). One interesting thing on these is the "gain twist" rifiling.
The rifling starts out at a slow rate and progressively gets tighter as the bullet proceeds down the barrel.
1. Where can i find ammo for this thing?
2. Could anyone give me a aproximate date it was manufactured thanx
It's an Italian Vetterli in 6.5mm Carcano. They were originally a single shot 11mm. Later converted to a repeater by adding a magazine. The final conversion was to 6.5 Carcano (Either by a barrel liner or, in some cases, a new barrel.) The 6.5 Carcano is loaded via an enblock clip (ala Mannilicher). One interesting thing on these is the "gain twist" rifiling.
The rifling starts out at a slow rate and progressively gets tighter as the bullet proceeds down the barrel.
1. Where can i find ammo for this thing?
2. Could anyone give me a aproximate date it was manufactured thanx