It looks like Privi or Fiocchi is the only ammo I'll have access to. I know where there is some surplus but it's a two hour drive from here and I'm not making that run for 40 rounds of ammo. As it stands now, I have one round for it in my collection of cartridges. If the big emergency happens, I'll be grabbing something else. I haven't physically put them together yet so I don't know if this is smaller than my Carcano cavalry carbine or not. The barrel and action out of the stock looks tiny.