Firearm Foley: Vintage Rifles 2

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5×52mm Mannlicher cartridge. It was developed at the Turin Army Arsenal in 1890 and called the M91. It was produced from 1892 to 1945. The M91 was used in both rifle and carbine form by most Italian troops during the First World War and by Italian and some German forces during the Second World War. The rifle was also used during the Winter War by Finland, and again by regular and irregular forces in Syria, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria during various postwar conflicts in those countries. A Carcano was used in the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

This is an all original Swedish Mauser. It was produced in 1916 and bears the famous “Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfaktori” (“Rifle Factory of Carl Gustaf’s town”) crest. The Swedish M96 rifle, which civilians generally call the Swedish Mauser Model 1896 or just the “Swedish Mauser,” was introduced two years after the famous 6.5×55 cartridge. The Model 1896 rifle remained the primary Swedish service rifle until 1938.

The M1917 Enfield, the “American Enfield”, formally named “United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917” was an American modification and production of the British .303-inch (7.7 mm) P14 rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3) developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918. Numerically, it was the main rifle used by the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I.

The Karabiner 98 is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge that was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard issue rifle by the German Wehrmacht. The rifle went on to see action in other conflicts after World War II. Over 14 million were produced by the end of World War II, making it one of the most widely produced infantry rifles of all time. The K98 is also regarded as one of the finest military bolt action rifles in history.

The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle, developed by the Imperial Russian Army in 1882–91, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations. It is one of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history with over 37 million units produced since its conception in 1891.

The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62×39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. Its complete designation, SKS-45, is an initialism for Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945. In the early 1950s, the Soviets took the SKS carbine out of front-line service and replaced it with the AK-47; however, the SKS remained in second-line service for decades. The SKS was widely exported, and was also produced by some former Eastern Bloc nations as well as China. The SKS was the second firearm to be chambered for the 7.62×39mm M43 round.

The Springfield Model 1892–99 Krag–Jørgensen rifle is a Norwegian-designed bolt-action rifle that was adopted in 1892 as the standard United States Army military longarm, chambered in U.S. caliber .30-40 Krag. All versions and variants were manufactured under license by the Springfield Armory between 1892 and 1903 and served as the longarm during the Spanish–American War.

The M1903 Springfield, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American clip-loaded, 5-round magazine fed, bolt-action service rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. It was officially adopted as a United States military bolt-action rifle on June 19, 1903, and saw service in World War I. It was officially replaced as the standard infantry rifle by the faster-firing semi-automatic 8-round M1 Garand starting in 1937. However, the M1903 Springfield remained in service as a standard issue infantry rifle during World War II. It also remained in service as a sniper rifle during World War II, the Korean War, and even in the early stages of the Vietnam War.