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**4V50 Gary** · October 15, 2000, 04:31 PM

At first I thought it was a Swedish M96 Mauser, but the bolt handle is ahead of the rear receiver bridge. That knocked out any bolt action Mauser I'm aware of.

I considered the Italian Carcanos, but the magazine well appears to be flush with the stock. About the only gun which is left is the Japanese 6.5 mm Type "I" rifle which features a Mannlicher-Carcano type action combined with the flush magazine of the Mauser. These rifles were made in Italy for Japan and features a two piece stock with the lower half of the butt and pistol grip being glued and pinned to the upper half of the stock.

October 15, 2000, 04:31 PM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,829	At first I thought it was a Swedish M96 Mauser, but the bolt handle is ahead of the rear receiver bridge. That knocked out any bolt action Mauser I'm aware of. I considered the Italian Carcanos, but the magazine well appears to be flush with the stock. About the only gun which is left is the Japanese 6.5 mm Type "I" rifle which features a Mannlicher-Carcano type action combined with the flush magazine of the Mauser. These rifles were made in Italy for Japan and features a two piece stock with the lower half of the butt and pistol grip being glued and pinned to the upper half of the stock.