carcano m91ts w/ bayo value

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trickyrickster	carcano m91ts w/ bayo value	Lead	[-]
Posts: 123 (03/10/09 05:01 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None i have a carcano m91 ts. made in brescia, 1914. has transverse bayo lug. walnut stock. sn matches on barrel and stock. bolt is different. no cartouches. strong land and grooves in barrel. cleaning rod present. original (correct) sling. has a star stamp on left side of trigger guard area. is that a refurbish mark? bayo does not match. it is in rough shape but they are hard enough to get at all let alone in good shape. some bring double the rifle cost. no pitting in barrel. ok, with all this what would you suggest as a fair price for this set up. i've spent hours trying to find anything on the on line auctions, forums etc. w/ no luck. thanks rick
eagle7		#1	[-]
Posts: 3824 (03/10/09 10:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Interesting gun. The best venue to sell that TS carbine would be GunBroker, IMHO. The selling points are the WWI date, and the original walnut stock without the lower barrelband, and the original transverse bayonet lug and bayonet. The cleaning rod and sling are nice extras. The steel scabbard is interesting. I read somewhere that the transverse lock bayonets were issued with the steel scabbard so they could be easily identified from the regular Carcano bayonets that came with the black leather scabbards. IIRC, a TS carbine with the old fashioned stock with the single barrel band sold for over $250 on GunBroker a few months ago. I can't remember if the bayonet lug was converted to take the standard bayonet or not. If I was to sell the carbine, I'd include the bayonet....it's in sort of rough condition unfortunately.
trickyrickster		#2	[-]
Posts: 124 (03/10/09 10:39 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	thanks eagle, bayo's in good shape were going for 180.00 on ebay when i got this one. ones in this shape were bringing 120 - 130.00 and that was 2 years ago. Last Edited By: trickyrickster 03/10/09 10:46 PM. Edited 1 times.
eagle7		#3	[-]
Posts: 3827 (03/11/09 02:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I guess you could rebuild the bayonet using the blade and quillion off a regular Carcano sword bayonet. That's what I would do if I owned that carbine and bayonet and wanted to keep them in the collection.
eb in oregon		#4	[-]
Posts: 763 (03/11/09 07:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Wouldn't that be "messing with history?" "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776
eagle7		#5	[-]
Posts: 3828 (03/11/09 09:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The blade and quillion of that bayonet have far more "history" than I would want.