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Rifle Details: Vetterli Karabiner 1871, Umbau ab 1885   (Created: 03.02.2022, Changed: 13.02.2022)

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Rifle Name: Vetterli Karabiner 1871, Umbau ab 1885 Calibre: 10.4mm Vetterli First Issued: 1885 Overall Length: 946 mm Weight (unloaded): 3900 g Barrel Length: 480 mm Rifling: 600 mm Rifling Dir.: R Grooves: 4 Magazine Capacity: 6 Rounds Permission required: Ger: Schriftlicher Vertrag, Meldung an zuständige Polizeibehörde.

Description:

Starting in 1885, an unknown number of Vetterli rifles Vetterli Repetiergewehr 1869/70 and Vetterli Repetiergewehr 1869/71 taken back from the W+F Bern were shortened and converted into police carbines.   Starting in 1892, 400 such carbines were procured by the Directorate General of Customs.   Several of these rifles, which were in police use, have a cantonal coat of arms on the forend and/or butt.   Source: Schweizer Militärgewehre Hinterladung 1860-1990 (Ernst Grenacher)

 
 

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Ammunition (Top):

10.4mm Vetterli
10.4mm Vetterli Zentralfeuer
10.4mm Vetterli Blind
 
 

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Full size (1.9 MB) Vetterli Karabiner 1871, Umbau ab 1885

 

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Source: specialized literary, particularly 'Bewaffnung und Ausrüstung der Schweizer Armee seit 1817, Bände 3 und 4', 'Die Repetiergewehre der Schweiz, Christian Reinhart, Kurt Sallaz, Michael am Rhyn, Verlag Stocker-Schmid' and 'Schweizer Militärgewehre Hinterladung 1860 - 1990, Ernst Grenacher'

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