Original Italian Fucile di Fanteria Modello 1891 Carcano Infantry Rifle by Torino Serial SF 5683 - Dated 1895 U.S. Flare Guns Offered in excellent condition (one

Offered in excellent condition (one glass eye piece is clouded)

and there is similar engraving on the trigger guard

One is legible and reads Cape Government Railways / Passenger Luggage / CAPE TOWN

Model bayonet: Seitengewehr 84/98 III CommercialMarkings(bayonet): AWS "Scale" Logo and Alcoso / SolingenMarkings(scabbard): unmarkedMaterial: Blued steelGrip material: Plexiglass

There is a great rolling mill mark

Original Italian Fucile di Fanteria Modello 1891 Carcano Infantry Rifle by Torino Serial SF 5683 - Dated 1895 U.S. Flare Guns Offered in excellent condition (oneOriginal Item: Only One Available. This M 1891 Carcano Rifle was at the start of a massive manufacturing run of similar Models ordered by the Italian Government. The series of rifles is probably most well known for being used in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald, who used a Fucile di Fanteria Modello 91 38 (Model 1938 "infantry rifle"). However aside from that, the rifles were in service in front and rear line service