This Mannlicher Carcano rifle belongs to the collection of Suomen metsästysmuseo - The Hunting Museum of Finland. Those so called Terni -rifles were minor part of Finnish Army`s armament in WWII. After war them mainly has been sold to foreign lands but some of them left in Finland and has been sold to civilians. Most of those rifles converted to 8,2x53R and 9,3x53R by finnish custom gunsmiths but this particular rifle has been chamfered to 8x57.

The reason why this rifle has donated to museum is an anecdote that it has been appertained to man who shot the first finnish White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in year 1960 (with public licence, in year 1958 one animal has been shot for researching purposes). In that first deer hunting season 12 animals has been shot.

First White-tailed deers (four animals) has transplanted in Finland from Minnesota in year 1934 and next four more in 1948. After that we have had own deer population. In first year very small but in year 2011 has 25 694 animals been shot.