Royal Tiger M38 Carcano Cleaning very close examination. 

An Italian rifle I'm sure approves of that application of olive oil.

I used water with dish soap to remove crap out of stock. Followed by Watco Danish oil. Looks great now. Also. I boiled all metal parts for at least 30 minutes, dry the metal, use steel wool to remove rust and gunk. Scrub bore with bristles and apply gun oil. Last step is apply non detergent motor oil all over the metal parts. Wipe off access results are excellent..

Really enjoying this series you have posted, very interesting and a lot of historical data. Thanks for your effort really enjoyable and informative. Thanks MIKE.

Thanks Koba! 🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻

I have a Lee Enfield a little rougher shape. I'm going to do the same thing. Didn't want to do the stripper or sanding thing. I just want a clean version. Kinda disappointed when I received the rifle. (RTI) But I'm a little more satisfied with it now but your simple statement. " I will keep it untill I get a better one" Thanks for the advice.👍

Use of olive oil is interesting. I use Spray 9 which really cuts the crud and removes the worn old finish. Then a coat or two of rubbed in linseed oil

Excellent series. My Moschetto da Cavalleria gets here this Friday, so this will come in handy. I like Murphy's Oil Soap for the wood, followed by a light coat of linseed oil.

This is a nice series, very enjoyable

Never knew about the olive oil, that is a new one and sure does work, cleans great. Always something I get out of your submissions, this was a good example. I had a mint barrel M38 7.35 BUT NO SA markings. Should have kept it. Again very interesting and some good tips as usual.

I've heard that paint thinner can also take out the old dirt, grease, and nasty stuff in the wood but using a natural substance like olive oil seems more subtle and friendly towards the stock, especially when it matches the condition of the metal.

Thanks for the information about the olive oil

Just picked up a Carcano Carbine from RTI was actually amazed at how well it looked.

Boiled linseed oil might work too It may even be cheaper. (for cleaning the stock)

linseed oil would work better on the wood koba!

Thanks for the series mate. Be interesting to see if these carcanos make there way down under as well.

Hey Koba! You may consider acetone for a cleaning solution for the wood, some people use a combination of acetone and automatic transmission fluid for the metal it is rated a one of the best rust removal mix there is about 50/50. Then apply a coat of Renaissance wax on everything. Stay healthy!

I am not sure about this - Olive oil will eventually oxidize, and it will start to smell funky

My M38 looked exactly the same when I got it except the hand grip on the stock was cracked. It's was dinged up pretty bad. I used an iron to pull the dents out and did a stock repair. The ironing had took most of the oil and color out of it. I went back with linseed oil. I still may take it apart and sand it. I Haven't decided yet.

So very grateful for your no nonsense videos. Just like to point out gloves are a great idea when it comes to chemicals. HEXANE, found in brake cleaner, is a neurotoxin. Go with boiled linseed oil as a finish. I get its an Italian carbine but olive oil will go rancid and funky.

I would have used boiled linseed oil on the stock, but thats just me.

If anyone is interested in purchasing from RTI. I just got a carcano rifle from them. honestly im extremely happy with it. It took me an entire day to clean it and im still not done but it looks really good. The only thing is that the rear sight is bent slightly on one of the ears. I should be able to bend it back tho. But besides that and the light surface rust its was in great shape. I made a long tray out of sticks and tin foil to soak the barrel in mineral oil lol

Do not use olive Oil for the wood. Olive Oil is the oil thats never dry. Use Linsed Oil, this wil dry and conserve the wood.

Do you think Ballistol would do the same thing??

You don’t need a drift to take the trigger apart!

I know most Carcano bolts are in the white would u say that one is blued it's hard to get info on this because every once in awhile u will see one with a blued bolt .or maybe it's just rusted than oiled to look like it is

thank you sir-i got a 1918 thats in good shape i think i will try too clean it myself -its hard to find ammo to test fire it,or even take a chance shooting it

Great job but water with ammonia is not better for cleaning and degreasing the wood? The oil after as the last step.

I have read on a forum that Carcanos have been imported from 2 different places recently. Ethiopia and Italy. Supposedly PW Arms imported a bunch and I saw an imort form that showed many thousands in 6.5 and those are the ones some other companies other than RTI are selling. Thats why RTI is having these "deals"

hey bro dont these rifles come in that 735 caliber? Isnt that stuff hard to find like there isnt any more being made?

Mr. Koba, I've seen on another channel where the guy is boiling the metal to convert the rust to iron oxide, then he uses a soft wire wheel at low rpms to card off the converted rust. Have you ever tried this?

I have a carcano that was brought back from ww2 from an Italian paratrooper, it is in amazing condition. It was brought back from a family member.

I just have one question. How to remove screws that are "frozen and won't loosen? I tried WD40 penetrating oil, and applying heat. Nothing worked. I certainly do not want to damage the screw heads.

What was that spray you used on m the metal?

Did i hear you say you used break cleaning fluid on the barrel ??

Have you ever used Murphy Oil Soap for wood?

DK fire arms for a decent carcano??

Any luck outta RTI? I'm looking to get a MAS 49/56, and a mas 36 and Enfield since I can't find any anywhere else

Howdy i use" Brownell Whiting" takes all the grease off first, been using it for years

Don’t know if Olive oil is a good idea.Stuff turns rancid

Old electric toothbrush to get into the dings.

All you need now is a brown paper bag!Oswald!