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Online Charles Collins

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2022, 11:49:32 PM »
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Did we ever resolve the problem of the discrepancy between the Alyea film that shows the carcano lying on the floor and Lt  Day grabbing the leather sling and lifting the rifle FROM THE FLOOR  while the official DPD in situ photo shows the rifle jammed between boxes of books?


Question for you Walt: If you try to make the rifle stand up by itself (on a flat surface like a floor) with the bottom (flat) part of the magazine as partially supporting the rifle, will it stay upright without any additional support?

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2022, 11:49:32 PM »


Offline Bill Chapman

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2022, 11:55:29 PM »
I think it's black from the fingerprint tests that were done on it. It was originally brown I'd imagine.


Offline Walt Cakebread

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2022, 01:27:49 AM »




That's a very good picture of ce 139.....   And I do believe that the stock was painted black at some point in time.   And I would guess that it was painted black over the brown finish that all carcano's left the factory with.  So WHO put the black paint on that rifle and Why?

I wonder if there is a list of the serial numbers of the rifles of the Guardie Del Duce?

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
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Offline Dan O'meara

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2022, 03:39:12 AM »
Did we ever resolve the problem of the discrepancy between the Alyea film that shows the carcano lying on the floor and Lt  Day grabbing the leather sling and lifting the rifle FROM THE FLOOR  while the official DPD in situ photo shows the rifle jammed between boxes of books?

Yes, about a dozen times.

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2022, 07:09:17 AM »


That's a very good picture of ce 139.....   And I do believe that the stock was painted black at some point in time.   And I would guess that it was painted black over the brown finish that all carcano's left the factory with.  So WHO put the black paint on that rifle and Why?

I wonder if there is a list of the serial numbers of the rifles of the Guardie Del Duce?

Ya thanks but that was the picture you put up; I just applied a little contrast.
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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
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Offline Bill Chapman

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2022, 12:16:00 PM »

Same rifle as above

Offline Jerry Freeman

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2022, 01:14:57 AM »
Click on photo for enlargement -------------

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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2022, 01:36:24 AM »
Click on photo for enlargement -------------

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ARE THESE TWO PHOTOS OF A CARCANO THE SAME RIFLE  ??


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Re: Was the carcano, CE 139, painted black?
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