your wife just might find tucked in between the foundation and the frame an Italian army rifle from 1896.
UPDATE: 12-14-06 – PHOTOS
It reads: 1896 Torre Annunziata (royal arms factory established by Charles IV).
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that’s so neat!
whoa! that is cool!
get out!
where’s the pic?
i’ll get a pic up tonight, kari.
A remnant of the Italian occupation of Kansas City, KS in the late 19th century, no doubt.
What makes this gun so common? Besides the fact that there’s a lot of them.
Were there a bunch of ’em distributed in the States back then or what?
The huge influx of mafioso cowboys settling west of the miss?
that’s effin’ badass! very cool find.
Makes ya wonder what else is hiding behind your walls!
Let’s start the revolution. Roman sure is a cute little guy.
Makes you wonder which one of Pendergast’s thugs stashed the gun there for “safe keeping”
Cool info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcano.
Creepy fact here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_rifle