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My Dad got this ammo I can not ID.
BULLET--.299 dia--128gr FMJ --Nickel--case length .220---base
.448--neck OD.328-----Base to Sholder 1.671------stamped on base
sm1--636 Possible 7.35 Carcano
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...dtf7eynw-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ddlcdocq-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...o7ynpr9w-1.jpg
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Carcano ammo does look like that on the bottom.
I guess it didn't come on clips which would be a dead give away.
Looks pretty rough, how many rounds did he get?
SMI is Torino Italy Govt Arsenal
SMI = Società Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, Italy. (source International Ammunition Association)
You got some Italian 7.35 Terni ammo. Some appears to have been reloaded. Not very shootable, in my humble opinion.
Thanks Guys
the ammo is in rough shape. Think dad is pulling apart for components.
I was sitting here pondering this thread and the ammo in question so I looked up the conversion for the .299 and it came back with 7.59mm so I dug out 14th Ed COTW and sure enough its the Carcano then I thought I would look up the cartridge on the net to see a head stamp at this point the light bulb went on as I have a Carcano full 6 round en-bloc clip sitting on my shelf in the room has the cartridges are all SMI the 932 is that month & year the brass en-bloc's apparently are getting rare now days.
En - Bloc ~ BPD = Bombrini Parodi Delfino, Rome, Italy - 34 ? year of manufacture perhaps!
Cartridge ~ SMI = Società Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, Italy Sept 1932 manufacture ?
Tellya sometimes I am so far behind the band I cannot hear the music.......:banghead:
But you have a whole clip so...nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS