Original Italian WWII GIL Fascist Youth Blank Firing Child-sized Carcano M1891 Carbine - Dated 1938 Russian Machine Guns when they were finally replaced

when they were finally replaced by Krag–Jørgensen carbines

These were to be under the control of the Ordnance Department

and the company expanded seven years later by acquiring the shares of the Zonen rescue service

This example was made after the company moved from Reading to Oley PA in the post war years

though near the muzzle there is some some rusting

Original Italian WWII GIL Fascist Youth Blank Firing Child-sized Carcano M1891 Carbine - Dated 1938 Russian Machine Guns when they were finally replacedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice "Child Sized" blank firing Carcano Model 1891 Carbine, officially termed the Moschetto Regolomentare Ballila Modelo 1891 (Balilla Regulatory Musket Modelo 1891). These scaled down Mannlicher Carcano pattern bolt action carbines were intended for Italian Fascist Youth training, used by the Opera Nazonale Balilla (ONB), 1926 1937 and the follow on Giovent Italiana del Littorio (GIL) through WWII.