http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =426397059
Just got this beautiful Carcano 91/28, which I thought would go for around 350 to 400, but I surprisingly got a good deal. I really wonder why more people didn't bid, maybe because a picture wasn't showing unless you clicked on it?
Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
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very nice yes i agree him being to cheap to pay the additonal .25 did hurt his auction results but good for you 
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That is in great condition.
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Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
I could see all 7 photos clearly without clicking anything, $300 is a good price for him to get. This is exactly the carbine that I was handed in 1996 and told to just take because nobody would pay for it anyway. Carcanos and Arisakas are valued today, but not so long ago they still suffered from lingering WW2 prejudices. I had just bought ten rifles from the guy and was prepared to buy the Carcano when I saw him haul it out, before I could make an offer he just handed it to me and tells me to take it away, then moved on to the next item for sale. This is a very handy little carbine, one of the lightest, and well made.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Nice. I have not seen any carcano go for 400 yet any way. 
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Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
Carcano's here are for sale for 40-75€ max. Nobody want's them...
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Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
Why not? They are as good as any military rifle, maybe not as fancy as the Mauser, but they get the job done. I would think from what I have heard of the European gun market that the cheap price would make them attractive .Belgium nagant wrote:Carcano's here are for sale for 40-75€ max. Nobody want's them...
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
If you go on gunbroker, and find a Carcano ts that's in good shape, all matching, all original, and has pictures showing if you don't click on the auction, it would probably go for somewhere around 350-400. I have even seen some go for more than that.
Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
If you go on gunbroker, and find a Carcano ts that's in good shape, all matching, all original, and has pictures showing if you don't click on the auction, it would probably go for somewhere around 350-400. I have even seen some go for more than that.
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Re: Italian Carcano 91/28 ts
I have no idea... Italian people are in fact the only one's who buy them here. But they always have troubles to get them in their country.
I also have a few pieces but ammo is expensive. So we reload them
I also have a few pieces but ammo is expensive. So we reload them