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The design emerged from an endeavor born from work conducted by Italian Army Colonel Paravicino - in charge of arms procurement - and Salvatore Carcano - then Chief Inspector at Real Fabricca d'Armi in Turin - between 18

The Carcano Modello 1891 (Model 1891) was the standard Italian Army service rifle of both World Wars.

This model also featured the spike bayonet, gave cavalrymen an additional back-up if they were not using their sabers. This model was much shorter and lighter than the original, which made it more maneuverable on the battlefield, particularly for light cavalry units.

Adopted in 1893, the M91 Carcano Cavalry Carbine was the smaller variant of the standard-issue 1891 infantry rifle.

The blued metal finish and a hardwood stock will show service wear and may have some patina, and the bore will be dark, a bit rough, but shootable This Cavalry carbine has a under-folding bayonet, and a 17.7 barrel.

Italian Carcano 1891 Cavalry bolt action carbine chambered in 6.5 Carcano Caliber (6.5x52mm, not 6.5x52R).

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They are a very capable rifle.Home 1891 Carcano cavalry carbine Cavalry -75% - Cavalry im Angebot Maybe ask $ 400 and see what counter offers you get. There are a fair number of these rifles in this condition for sale, so it really isn't a rarity. The last Model 1891/09 rifle in comparable condition that sold - to my knowledge - went for $ 300 four years ago. People are asking crazy high dollars on GunBroker, but none are selling. The value of your rifle is hard to estimate.

When Firma Lowe was not beset by the exigencies of war, they turned out the very best quality military rifles possible. The Nazis seized his trust in the early 1930's and it was never returned. Eventually the disaster which was post war Germany caught up with them and they had to refinance and give up majority control. Lowe and his descendants were fairly astute businessmen and kept Germany's firearms sector alive after WW I when the rest of the country was falling apart. He and his family trust owned the controlling interests in Mauser and DWM which stayed in his family until the mid 1920's when DWM was broken up and reorganized as several firms. Offbeat note: Lowe was Jewish, as were his descendants. No FFL is necessary to ship or transfer it. All told, a typical Argentine Model 1891/09. Bore looks OK, with maybe a bit of frosting. Yes, your rifle was upgraded to the Model 1891/09 standard.

The barrel of my Model 1891/09 carbine appears to have been set back and rechambered, but I have seen other Model 1891/09 carbines which were obviously rebarreled. The chamber throat is also much longer on the early carbine than my Model 1891/09 carbine. Their rear sight bases are identical, but the ladder graduations are different. The later Model 1891/09 carbine rear sight goes to 1,400 meters. I do have a Model 1891 cavalry carbine with a sight which only goes to 1,300 meters. The Argentines apparently did not consider it a high priority to convert all the carbines. I have never seen a long rifle with the early ladder sight, but have seen a number of cavalry carbines with early rear sights.

The later Model 1891/09 rifle sights are graduated to 2,000 meters. He did not have such a rifle, but had handled one in Rosario while he was collecting information for a book he was writing. An advanced collector told me that the early Model 1891 sights only went to 1,800 meters.

The original Model 1891 ladder sights for RN bullets had shorter maximum ranges.