Japanese WWll rifle made in Italy

[jbett98]

I recently picked up an old WWll rifle made in Italy by the Gardone Arsenal for the Japanese Navy in an estate sale.
It's called a Carcano Type 1 in 6.5 mm. Only 60,000 were made.
Does anyone have any personal experience with this make/model of rifle.
It's in pretty good shape and appears not to have been fired very much, or not all all.
Any collectible interest with this hybrid.

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[1BigGuy]

Yes, they are collectible. In fact, I need one to round out my Japanese collection. . .

 

[mancat]

Hmm that's interesting.. Never knew about these. Type 38 layout with a Carcano action - bizarre.

6.5 Jap is a nice cartridge. Too bad we made them dump almost all of their surplus into the sea at the end of the war.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I never get so lucky at yard\estate sales.

 

[jbett98]

The secret is to be the first one in the door.

 

[CLT65]

Neat old rifle- cool find!

Too bad we made them dump almost all of their surplus into the sea at the end of the war.

It's easy to feel that way now, from a modern collector's perspective, but if you had just fought a horrible, bloody war against a brutal, fierce enemy, you might have been glad to see them sink out of sight.

A good friend of mine wrapped det cord around piles of Belgian FALs captured in Iraq. He didn't seem to feel bad about it at all.