Steinel 7.35×51 Carcano Ammunition: Range Report & Review ~ VIDEO

By Terril Hebert

Terril reviews the Steinel 7.35×51 Carcano Ammunition.

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Italian Carcano series of long rifles and carbines have a reputation for being second-rate as military rifles and collectables, but to those of us who own and shoot them, they are a ton of fun with plenty of utility left in them. The rifles are cheap to buy and collect.

The same cannot be said for the ammunition. Finding 6.5×52 or 7.35×51 Carcano is a chore. The 6.5 round, originally chambered in the Carcano when it first debuted in 1891 up through World War II, and is available from few manufacturers today. The same cannot be said for the 7.35. The Italians attempted to switch over to this bigger-bore, intermediate-powered cartridge in 1938, but World War II started as the transition was underway and the project was discarded. Even with a short production time, there are thousands of Italian 7.35 rifles in circulation today all without a reliable supply of ammunition.

Surplus ammunition is collectable at this point. Occasionally PCI makes runs of the ammunition, but the quality levels on some of their ammo is hit and miss. I was cruising for other kinds of …Read the Rest

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