I used to have one about 20 years ago. I only used black powder reloads in it, due to some sketchy reports concerning service ammo. They are designed to use standard Carcano strippers, as I recall.
I bought a Italian Vetterli 1870/87/15, I had to do some TLC on the stock and cleaned-up the rust on the metal, but it cleaned up nicely! Surprisingly, the bore looks good! Taking apart is interesting though. Once I start reloading, I might shoot mine. I wish I could find a bayonet for it. :(
Thats not too bad. I got a B-grade from them that had like 75%+ blueing remaining, but had a broken rear sight and was missing a barrel band. There is really no consistency to their grading, I think its mostly random selection. Also they sent you a Mannlicher clip lol.
I'm thinking of getting one too but just for beauty and historical interest. You seem to have been lucky with the condition in which it arrived. Anyway that's a clip of an Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher 😆
Looks nicer than most things from RTI. That is pretty clean . The question is why it’s posted in the middle of the night and why am I watching it at 4am 😂
