Glisenti M89 Double Action. A big bore double action firing a fairly anemic cartridge. A fairly typical European service arm of the period. I understand US troops captured quite a few of them during early landings in Tunisia ("Operation Torch"?)during WW2
AS for what I would carry if in action, same bloody thing everybody else is. For two reasons
A. Where are you going to obtain 5.56 mm amunition in the year 1891?
B. Being clothed or equipped differently to the rest of the mob usually results in unwanted and unfriendly attention from anti-social types like enemy snipers.
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