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| 27/12/25 05:27 AM |
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Re: a very nice look alike MS Carcano
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the "eaton- coeey" conversion is absolutely safe and the original carcano was one of the strongest actions in an US army test after WW 2.
I think the idea is hilarious that also in the 1920s a well respectet firm would sell a hunting rifle that was unsafe in any way. the 6,5x54 Mannlicher Schönauer was not a modern pressure bomb and the craftsman who did this conversion understand very well what they were doing.
if you have a mauser 98 and a carcano side by side you see clearly the carcano action is a little bit narrower and lighter built for a smaller cartridge. perhaps not like a bolt-action rifle specifically for the .223 Remington, but somewhere in between.
nevertheless, it's no problem for the action to handle the 8x57 IS and the .30-06 if you drill out the barrel.
Yes.
Barrel expansion as seen in the Eaton would not be a problem in all likelihood with an unmodified M/C.
If the modified Eaton took the strain yet the barrel extension expanded, I suspect an unmodfied one may take even more pressure.
Of course the weak link is always the cartridge case.
Would be interesting to know what amount of gas escaped behind the action.