Yeah thats it! Great, i'm glad to know what exactly it is. SO are you saying this is german used? Something that they had laying around? Or do you think it was italian like the italian social republic or before that?? Probably next to immposible to know i just had to ask!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcano
Yes, after 1943 germans used some of these rifles for their "home defence army" and
the British did use them for some "colonial troops" in africa.......read the wiki link for the users.
even the japs had some and the finnish too. It's a piece of history...........