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Originally Posted by Joe Durnavich
The casing had an unusual crimp in its neck, which has led some to believe it may have been fired from a sabot.
Several owners of Carcano's have noticed that they will get similarly dented shell casings when they rapidly eject the shell. Here is Chad Zimmerman's web page on the matter:
http://www.zimmermanjfk.com/frontmenu_000009.htm
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Yes, the shell casing lip denting is caused by a hard ejection. There is a small protrusion at the front of the receiver (at the rear of the barrel) in a Carcano, and ejected shell casings hit it on the way out. If the ejection is hard, this protrusion will dent the front of the shell casing of a Carcano shell.