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07 January 2007, 00:59
richj
Vetterli
Italian Vetterli from 1889. It walked into the 'smiths shop while I was there.





07 January 2007, 01:44
GeorgeS
And it followed you home, eh? Wink

George


07 January 2007, 04:41
richj
It wasn't for sale.. RATS....

Rich
07 January 2007, 07:23
Matt Norman
Thank you for sharing that with us. I'm not a gatherer of that kind of firearm but I would buy it in a heartbeat.

It's guns like this that make me month after month do my circuit of gunshop and gunshow visits. To be at the right place at the right time. I've scored a beautiful 1909 Peruvian by happenchance and a matching numbered vet bring-back K98 for $225 (with a screwed up stock unfortunately).
09 January 2007, 05:44
Ricochet
That's gorgeous!


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12 January 2007, 07:38
CZ 550
That's definitely the nicest one I've ever seen.


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12 January 2007, 10:31
johnnyreb
What round is that chambered for?
27 March 2007, 06:05
Pa.Frank
The Vetterli is in 10.4 X 38 rimfire

Many people are converting these to centerfire and shooting htem. I had one, it a marvel of swiss engineering. One screw and you can take down the whole rifle. It's amazing.

Here is a link to the conversions.

vetterli conversions


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28 March 2007, 06:13
Grizzly Adams
When the Swiss finished with them, they must have shipped most of them to Canada. Big Grin You can't go to a gun show without finding a couple, usually "sporterized".
Grizz


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28 March 2007, 14:18
JTH
We have quite a few Vetterlis around in Finland, since they were smuggled here to arm our independence-minded activists (called terrorists by Russians Big Grin) in 1905. I've also seen photos of early 1900's moose hunters armed with Vetterlis beside a bagged moose, so the old Vetterli round must have some potential, in spite of modest ballistics.
09 April 2007, 00:05
Bud W
I'm a bit confused... I Know the Swiss Vetterli used a bottleneck rimfire cartridge, but according to Ludwig Olsen (Amer. Rifleman Oct 1967):

"Swiss Vetterli rifles should not be confused with Italian 10.4mm Vetterli and Vetterli-Vitali rifles which fire centerfire ammunition"

Bud W
09 April 2007, 00:48
tin can
richj's pics are gone, but they would show a vetterli with a steel magazine projecting down beneath the receiver in front of the triggerguard to take the centerfire cartridges. the swiss vetterli has a tube magazine under the barrel and a loading port on the side of the receiver, to take the rimfire cartridges.


12 April 2007, 15:39
JTH
The ones we have here are Swiss Vetterlis with tube magazines and rimfire ammunition.
13 April 2007, 01:34
tin can
both of these vetterlis were routinely made into floor lamps when I was a kid, maybe 1967 or so.

quote:
The Vetterli is in 10.4 X 38 rimfire

Many people are converting these to centerfire and shooting htem. I had one, it a marvel of swiss engineering. One screw and you can take down the whole rifle. It's amazing.

Here is a link to the conversions.

vetterli conversions vetterli conversions


that's a good link.
13 April 2007, 01:44
collani
@all

I own a Vetterli M1881 Stutzer. Here a link to some information and some pictures of my Vetterli:
Vetterli

There is a conversion page as well!

Good shooting and good hunting.
Collani


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