Carcano Database - Carcano Tipo I

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Model			Caliber	Serial Number			Manufacturer	Year		Rebuild	Special Features				Stamps			Comments	Primary Use	Condition	Location
Model	Variant	Sporterized		Gun	Stock	Bolt		A.D.	Fascist		Sights	Sling Swivels	Bolt	Other	Rifle	Stock	Bolt
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	A1620	None		FNA Brescia				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight						Collection	Very Good
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	A6746	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Buttplate and magazine floor marked PS; Rear sight marked Gnutti.		Bolt marked 45 in diamond; safety marked Vzv.	Rifle made in Gardone (as per Dick Hobbs). Shortened stock, which may have contributed to, over the years, a slight opening of one side of the two-pieced buttstock.	Collection	Very Good	New Jersey USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	A6963	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		T under barrel; PS on magazine floor; V,8,6,F inside tang rail; GNUTTI on rear sight.		FNA on safety.	Gardone production. Long stock configuration. Scratches on buttplate, otherwise almost new. 3 group at 100 meters, first time taken at the range with mild loads and inexpensive bullets. It can probably do better.	Collection	Excellent	New Jersey USA
Tipo I	Fucile			B5518							Adjustable		Bent						Collection	Good	Huntington West Virginia USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5Japx257	B6978	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				29 in a triangle on bolt.		Practice Shooting/Plinking	Very Good	USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	B8751	None	None					Adjustable	Bottom	Straight						Collection	Very Good	New Jersey USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	C3865	None		Terni				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight			Small 26in diamond under butt plate.	Small 45 in diamond on bottom of bolt handle.	Not many identifyable markings other than S/N. Numerous single digit and letter stampings. Rifle is very nice, but missing cleaning rod. Two-piece stock (like Arisaka). 50.75 in. OAL.	Collection	Very Good	Cincinnati Ohio USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	C8262	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Right side of receiver bolt channel stamped 8580866 with the first 8 the 0 and the last 6 are double stamped somewhat off.		Bottom of bolt handle marked 45 inside a diamond.		Collection	Very Good	Ohio USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	C8472	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				Triangle with a 45	Original leather sling with Japanese characters in white paint on the inside.	Collection	Very Good	Oxford Michigan USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	C9729	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					Only marking on the rifle is the s/n on the stock. Has no Import Markings on it.	Collection	Very Good	Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x52 Carcano	D799	None		Gardone Val Trompia				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Diamond on rear sight.		45 in a diamond on bolt.	Was told it was made in 1938 in Gardone Val Trompia. Has cleaning rod and seperation in stock wood at butt.	Collection	Perfect	Michigan;USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	D3440	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				45 on bolt handle root, 35 on safety		Practice Shooting/Plinking	Good	Concord California USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	D6342	None		Terni	1939			Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					I bought this rifle from the fellow who liberated it from an armory located on an island in the Pacific where he was stationed with the US Occupation Forces.	Collection	Excellent	Charlottesville Virginia USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	E184	None			1939			Adjustable		Straight					This rifle was reported to have been recovered in Okinawa. It came with early model Type 30 Japanese bayonet. Recently sold.	Collection	Very Good
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	E1184	None			1939			Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				SM in oval on safety.		Collection	Very Good	Pennsylvania USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	E2194	73/13						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight							Good	Spring Hill Florida USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	E3737	None						Fixed	Bottom	Straight				AA on underside of bolt handle. 88 on front side of bolt handle. O that was stuckthrough on back side of bolt handle.		Practice Shooting/Plinking	Good	California USA
Tipo I	Fucile	Sporterized	6.5x50 Japanese	E6785	None						Adjustable	None	Bent					I recently (August 2000) purchased this rifle because it was indicated that it was a Japanese Carcano rifle. Although it is sporterized with the stock recontoured and the bolt bent, it is is good condition with no other alterations. The finish is not very good in that a large portion of the blueing is gone, but there is no rust, the bore is in very good condition and the mechanical condition is fully functional. After looking at your site, I totally agree that the rifle is pretty well devoid of any markings. There is no crest, no dates, no stamped marks or any other identifying marks. I was mystified until seeing the rifle on this site. Thanks for helping me understand what I purchased.	Collection	Good	Renton Washington USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	E8391							Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					Bore of rifle perfect. Has absolute no markings except for serial number ... manufacturer unknown. Was a war trophy.	Hunting	Excellent	Greenville Pennsylvania USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	F307	None		Terni				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Under the wood, on the bottom of the barrel at the chamber is stamped a small FAT.		CA in oval on rear face of safety; 45 in diamond on bottom base of bolt handle.	I have owned this rifle for about 12 years (as of 16 Dec 1997). It is in perfect condition except for a few stock dings. There is no date or caliber on it, and NO external markings at all except the serial number. The stock is what Arisaka collec	Collection	Excellent	Anchorage Alaska USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	F1965	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				45 in a diamond on top base of bolt handle; Barbell stamp on safety.	No manufacturer stamp.	Practice Shooting/Plinking	Very Good	Austin Texas USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x52 Carcano	F2799	None		Gardone Val Trompia				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		SAG on rear sight.		FA on bolt.	Was told it was made in 1939 in Gardone Val Trompia	Collection	Very Good	Michigan;USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	F5077	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight						Collection	Excellent
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	F7506	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight						Collection	Fair
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G234	None		Terni (?)				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					Was advised by seller (Empire Arms) that rifle was made at Terni in 1939, but cannot find markings to indicate this.	Collection	Excellent	Jackson Mississippi USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G1441	None		FNA Brescia				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Bottom of rear sight is marked 30or 03 depending on how you look at it.		On bolt root, and cocking piece is stamped what looks like FNH.	No other markings that I can find. Rifle came without cleaning rod.	Collection	Good	Homestead Florida USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G2142	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		Trigger Gaurd: AS on right side, 48 in diamond and S in square on left.	Left Side of Butt: 33 or 35 in a diamond.	AS on bolt striker; Illegible marking on base of bolt handle.		Collection	Very Good	Lincoln;Nebraska;USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G2631	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				PB on bolt.		Practice Shooting/Plinking	Very Good	USA
Tipo I	Fucile	Sporterized	6.5x50 Japanese	G2666	Illegible						Adjustable	Straight			PB on bottom bolt handle				Practice Shooting/Plinking	Good	Omaha Texas USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G5940	None		FNA Brescia	1939			Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		RC, AS in box, and other small stampings on receiver bottom.			Shoots well and is very accurate. Has original two piece Japanese style stock.	Collection	Good	Airville Pennsylvania USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	G8211	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight				At base of bolt handle, there is what appears to be a stylized P A (or A A) with an N centered above them	This rifle was either sent to the USA from Iwo Jima, or during the early occupation of Japan. My Uncle (deceased) was a part of both actions. I remember him saying it came from a warehouse in Japan, but my father remembers differently.	Hunting	Good	Hebron Nebraska USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	H496	None		Terni				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					Bolt retains 60% original case hardening colors. Bore is mint. Includes cleaning rod and sling.	Collection	Excellent
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	I1869	None			39			Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		AS in box on the bottom side of the barrel. Also Japanese characters below the number 39 on the bottom of the barrel.	1 on the bottom of the buttstock			Collection	Very Good
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	I2324	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					The rifle was supposedly taken as a trophy from a dead Japanese solder. The rifle came with a Japanese bayonet which fits perfectly. The serial number is I2324, the rifle was supposedly taken as a trophy from a dead Japanese solder. The rifle came with a Japanese bayonet which fits perfectly. Visually, it exactly matches the photographs on your web site.	Collection	Good
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	J887	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight	Short Stock	Trigger guard: A (? Poorly struck), L; Top of tang behind trigger: 1; Reciever bottom: AS in box, AA over 39	3 Jap characters stamped in wood under butt plate	45 in diamond, FA (? Poorly struck); Safety: FAT (Poorly struck), U, L or 7	Has original Jap sling w/white painted characters. Cleaning rod is for Jap T38 rifle. Bore has strong rifleing, but is a sewer pipe.	Collection	Good	Coloma California USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	J1956	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight					This rifle was brought back to the USA by a US Navy engineer in 1945. He found the gun in Luzon, Phillipines, after a skirmish with Japanese troops.	Collection	Good	Hastings Nebraska USA
Tipo I	Fucile	Sporterized	6.5x50 Japanese	J7729							Adjustable				Crown over PB appears on the underside of the barrel in the chamber area and on the underside of the front receiver ring. PB on trigger, sear, and backside of the rear sight.			This a stripped barreled receiver at first I thought it was a Carcano like all the rest.	Collection	Unsafe	Louisiana USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	J9944	None		Terni				Fixed	Bottom	Straight					Receiver is unmarked.	Collection	Very Good	Eagle River Alaska USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	K8267	None						Adjustable	Bottom	Straight			45 inside a diamond on bottom of bolt.		Small stamp mark, located under the serial number, looks like a crown over a shield that has a cross on it. Gun was purchased with out cleaning rod. Shoots good, very acurate.	Collection	Very Good	Cuyahoga Falls Ohio USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	L 7137	None		Beretta				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight		PB on rear sight	Two Japanese characters in white paint on inside surface of sling	PB on underside of bolt handle		Practice Shooting/Plinking	Very Good	Clinton New Jersey USA
Tipo I	Fucile		6.5x50 Japanese	L8708	None		Beretta				Adjustable	Bottom	Straight			Number 62 in diamond on left side of stock above the floorplate.	PB proof on bolt handle.	This is one of the mint\unissued Type Is. Rifle has an unfinished stock.		Perfect

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