[Poot]

Steve,
Do you have a pic of the 'six slice pie' mark you mentioned? That sounds quite like a mark seen on some Mosin-Nagants that many consider to have been Spanish Civil War-used, with the mark accordingly considered Spanish.
Thanks,
Pat

 

[Poot]

No problem, I'm patient!
It sounds exactly like the mark in question. While I'm not a Mosin collector, I do recall seeing a marking that matches both your description and the scale you offered.
Thanks-
Pat

 

[Poot]

That's the one I'm thinking of. By and large, the makes/models/quantities of the long arms used in the SCW are almost unusually well documented. I've never heard of Carcanos being used in it, but I've also never been interested in the SCW, much less tracked the data.

Pat