Mannlicher-Carcano?

[Mitch Todd]

In the recently posted Nova program, Luke Haag pronounced it CAR-cun-no which I believe is correct. I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years too. I also learned that I have been misspelling the last name of Luke and Mike Haag for as long as I have written about them. I have spelled it Haas because that was a surname I was more familiar with.

I've heard a couple of native Italian speakers pronounce the name, and they always said it with the stress on the first syllable, "CAR-can-o."

[John Corbett]

For what it's worth, I did find a Carcano short rifle for sale but in 7.35mm, not the 6.5mm of Oswald's rifle.

https://royaltigerimports.com/shop/c-grade-m38-carcano-short-rifle-cal-7-35x51/

There made be other differences as well. I found two listings for 6.5mm short rifles but both indicated they had been sold. I think someone is going to have to get lucky to find the same model or rifle as Oswald's because the few that come on the market seem to get bought very quickly.

[Mitch Todd]

My Carcano is a 7.35. Finding ammunition is harder, but finding ammunition that is the correct diameter (0.268" vs 0.264" for the 6.5mm version) is much easier.

the 7.35mm rifle is identical to CE139 in every way except for the bore.