Pinged out waffenamt?

Stevie · 12-29-2003, 12:33 PM

This is on a little 6.5mm Italian Carcano cavalry carbine I recently bought. This small rifle is in good shape, and has it's Italian markings clear and legible, but on top the barrel between the maker(FNA Brescia) and the serial# was another mark that someone put the hammer and a dull punch to. Inspection with a strong magnifying glass shows what looks to me like a droop wing eagle and maybe some other mark, pinged pretty flat. I know the German army would have captured quanitys of this type carbine after the Italian capitulation, and from resistance fighters in various countries. But would they put an ownership/user mark on them?

Thanx, Stevie.

12-29-2003, 12:33 PM	#1
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pinged out waffenamt? This is on a little 6.5mm Italian Carcano cavalry carbine I recently bought. This small rifle is in good shape, and has it's Italian markings clear and legible, but on top the barrel between the maker(FNA Brescia) and the serial# was another mark that someone put the hammer and a dull punch to. Inspection with a strong magnifying glass shows what looks to me like a droop wing eagle and maybe some other mark, pinged pretty flat. I know the German army would have captured quanitys of this type carbine after the Italian capitulation, and from resistance fighters in various countries. But would they put an ownership/user mark on them? Thanx, Stevie.