6.5x52mm Carcano

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Re: 6.5x52mm Carcano

Post by bladeracer » 29 Sep 2018, 9:20 am

yumastepside wrote:The 40-x whatever is the Fascist year date, still waiting to hear about the British proof. You might want to look at joining Milsurps.com, Lots of information on ex-military rifles, sporterised or not.

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Thanks for that, forgot about them Black Shorts :-)
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Re: 6.5x52mm Carcano

Post by yumastepside » 29 Sep 2018, 10:15 am

Reply to British proof mark question....

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Re: 6.5x52mm Carcano

Post by bladeracer » 29 Sep 2018, 10:39 am

yumastepside wrote:Reply to British proof mark question....

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Thanks Roger. It confirms that it probably is a Birmingham Nitro Proof mark.

I understand now that the BNP mark indicates a commercial proofing, and not a military one, so most likely imported into the commonwealth either privately or commercially.
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