In going thru these pix again something dawned on me....

Lots of Carcano rifles in Germany.

And there should be.

It might be noted that after the fall of Italy huge stocks of M/C's were seized by the Germans and later, tho many different types were makes/models were issued, the Mannlicher/Carcano became the official issue rifle of the Volkssturm. So many thousands were stockpiled and issued.

So...I wonder how many of those were not turned in by demobilized Volkssturmmänner and/or were Volkssturm rifles somehow released into the hunting areas not long after the War. I seem to remember that Foresters in Germany were some of the first to be allowed access to privately held {even if not privately owned?} rifles. The Carcano rifles would be prime candidates for that.