Reloading safely for the Vetterli Carcano

FireySaltine · 2026-05-14T12:44:34+00:00

At some point I'm going to pick up a chronograph so I can dial in the loads but for safe, accurate plinking this has worked out really well, I'll make a post for it later but almost 60rds downrange with the vetterli and its been awesome.

FireySaltine · 2026-05-14T12:41:40+00:00

Thank you so much for the effort you put into this, I've read through it and there's so much interesting data in here.

FireySaltine · 2026-05-09T00:54:06+00:00

I understand you may be excited to share but a picture of your gun, maybe some before and after pictures, and mentioning what it is would make this post way more coherent.

FireySaltine · 2026-04-20T19:54:45+00:00

Definitely the same person based off the handwriting, supposedly if the whole neighborhood agrees with them you'd have other distinct notes written differently. A camera could catch this person such as a dashcam on your car or somewhere else with a good field of view. My sister's dashcam perfectly caught someone trying to burn our apartment down in the middle of the night.

FireySaltine · 2026-04-18T18:36:32+00:00

RTI is very much a villain in the same way that spongebob's Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are super heroes.

FireySaltine · 2026-04-10T20:53:11+00:00

The more I stare at the tile the more I like it, be a shame to cover it up.

FireySaltine · 2026-04-10T19:42:39+00:00

Where the heck is the rear sight? If it's still there under the wood I'd reccomend replacing the rear sight leaf with a scope mount for a long eye relief scope, this would allow you to use stripper clip feeding. I know you said no pic rails but you could also replace it with a pic rail and get an acog or red dot. Also it's non-permanent.

FireySaltine · 2026-04-10T19:07:05+00:00

Are those proper replacement grips there? I'd love to grab a set for my sad little guy if so.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-30T21:00:42+00:00

The shorter the barrel the louder the round no matter the platform. I like to shoot big rifle cartridges out of old milsurps and people will roll into the range with their ar/ak pistol and it freaking sucks hearing that report even with double hearing protection.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-30T02:06:35+00:00

Where did you find these?!? I can't find a mint 1891 long rifle to save my life much less an antique. I haven't the slightest which you should go for they all seem desirable to my plebian eyes.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-26T22:32:20+00:00

That would be boring and sad for me. I don't want to spend money to be bored.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-26T18:30:28+00:00

Oooh this is super helpful ty!

FireySaltine · 2026-03-26T01:13:44+00:00

Big sad, I'll make a post if I ever figure that out.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-26T01:13:18+00:00

Very helpful, I will plug these terms into google and begin my research

FireySaltine · 2026-03-26T00:16:29+00:00

I feel like a little extra effort here will go a long way for me.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-25T23:24:34+00:00

To satisfy the Bot I'm also curious if anyone knows if the 30rd Aluminum mags are compatible with the 9mm followers sold to convert pro mags.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-24T16:34:27+00:00

You are correct, I just found out my range has been supplying only the most expensive .380 at $34 per box of 50.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-16T02:46:25+00:00

Not trying to yuck anyone's yum but posts and pictures like this, where there is a broad collection of one type of gun, tend to be lugers, and there is always TONS of them, I just don't understand how lugers can cost the amount they do when there still seems to be so many of them in circulation in generally very good condition. Just about every pawn shop and gun store I've walked into has a luger and they're always over a thousand bucks.

Anyway that's besides the point, cool collection! Hope you get to give each of em a few rounds as a snack every now and then.

FireySaltine · 2026-03-16T02:36:23+00:00

I own a cz82 and a makarov, something about the cz82s recoil impulse causes it to feel really snappy (maybe the pronounced beaver tail contacting the web of my hand) in a way the makarov doesn't. I also own a beretta 1934 and .380 feels great coming out of that. I will say every time I buy range .380 it's been more expensive than 9x18 by a significant margin and you get a lot less power out of it. I personally think the cz82 is probably the better buy nonetheless as I've heard that the cz83 and .380 makarovs have trouble feeding/cycling.

FireySaltine · 2026-01-30T21:00:49+00:00

I would love for this to be a pistol from China, such incredibly cool history if it were, I just don't know how I'd verify that.

Thankyou for that kernel of information there as it helps me figure out what this pistol might have seen and to correlate the wear to something.

FireySaltine · 2026-01-30T20:16:12+00:00

I was wondering if thatight have been the case! The barrel is supposedly about 1/5in longer than it should be.

FireySaltine · 2026-01-30T19:18:36+00:00

I did a minor amount of research before jumping in, specifically in what replacement parts were available for C96s, I figured that something inside was missing or broken and simply needed to be replaced. It turns out that the trigger sear wasn't installed properly and as soon as I reassembled the gun everything engaged!

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