The biggest change to the Carcano type 1891 rifle household series can be found in the shift around the 7.35x51mm Carcano cartridge, a somewhat much shorter rounded compared to the German 7.92mm Mauser with a tapered throat and a conical round.
The length got approximately that the much less highly effective 6.5mm cartridge it meant to replace, these given a more circular bullet.
The move to the 7.35mm ammunition was really forced upon the Italian military once it was found that their 6.5mm Carcanos neglected to possess the stopping power at array in behavior across Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia). To make the most appropriate making use of available 6.5mm rifle investments, the Italians decided to basically rechamber the rifles on the newer 7.35mm specs. (more…)