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Rifle Details: Vetterli rifle mod. 1878   (Created: 20.10.2014, Changed: 18.08.2020)

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Rifle Details (Top):

Rifle Name: Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 Calibre: 10.4mm Vetterli First Issued: 1878 Number of Pieces: 15000 Overall Length: 1325 mm Weight (unloaded): 4600 g Barrel Length: 843 mm Rifling: 660 mm Rifling Dir.: R Grooves: 4 Magazine Capacity: 12 Rounds Permission required: Ger: Schriftlicher Vertrag, Meldung an zuständige Polizeibehörde.

Description:

The Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 was built very short and differs from the Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81 and Vetterli rifle mod. 1881 mainly by the rear sight. Many alleged Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 are in fact Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81; most of the weapons were converted and many weapons built as Vetterli rifle mod. 1881 were still stamped with M.78 on the system box.   Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 Designation on the box: M.78 Rear sight: quadrant, model 1878 (see Picture, top)   Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81 Designation on the box: M.78 Rear sight: quadrant, model 1881, extendable blade (see Picture, bottom)   Vetterli rifle mod. 1881 Name on the box: M.81 Rear sight: quadrant, model 1881, extendable blade (see Picture, bottom)

 
 

Market monitoring (Top):

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Ammunition (Top):

10.4mm Vetterli
10.4mm Vetterli Zentralfeuer
10.4mm Vetterli Blind
 
 

Pictures (Top):

Full size (1009 KB) GER: Originales Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 mit korrektem Visier.

 

Vetterli rifle mod. 1878
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Vetterli rifle mod. 1878
Full size (1.4 MB) GER: Visier eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878.	Full size (1.1 MB) GER: Visier eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878.	Full size (1.4 MB) GER: Visier eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878.	Full size (1009 KB) GER: Originales Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 mit korrektem Visier.	Full size (3 MB) GER: Systemkasten eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878. Viele umgeänderte Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81 tragen auf dem Kasten immer noch die Markierung M78. Teilweise wurde diese durchgestrichen und mit M81 ersetzt. Bei dieser Waffen handelt es sich um ein ursprüngliches Vetterli rifle mod. 1878, welches sich vom Visier vom Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81 unterscheidet.
Full size (974 KB) GER: Originales Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 mit korrektem Visier.	Full size (1.3 MB) GER: Visier eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878.	Full size (1.5 MB) GER: Visier eines Vetterli rifle mod. 1878.
Vetterli rifle mod. 1878
Full size (729 KB) GER: Oben: Visier des Vetterli rifle mod. 1878 Unten: Viser des Vetterli rifle mod. 1878/81 bzw. Vetterli rifle mod. 1881	Full size (1.3 MB) Vetterli rifle mod. 1878	Full size (1.3 MB) Vetterli rifle mod. 1878	Full size (2.1 MB) Vetterli rifle mod. 1878	Full size (1.2 MB) Vetterli rifle mod. 1878
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