Vetterli M1870 type II Cadet Rifle...

The country that avoids war and the country that fights but has a hard time winning have been combined. The Swiss made some excellent firearms and the French made some unique and occasionally inspiring ones. We have added the Belgian and Dutch since they are neighbors.

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Post by LoLo25643 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:54 pm

Nice photo's Guisan. I yearn for one of these badly. :mrgreen:
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Post by Guisan » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:29 am

What other Vetterli's do you have LoLo ?

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Post by LoLo25643 » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:52 am

Guisan, at present I have a 69/71, a 78 and a couple of 81's. I converted the two 81's to centerfire. I have to admit that they are my favorite shooters.
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Post by Guisan » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:36 pm

Well that's a nice collection to start with, it's indeed better to leave the older rifles in their original condition.

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Post by LoLo25643 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:38 pm

Here's a few pics of my Vett's.

http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vetts4.jpg[/pic]

http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vett3.jpg[/pic]

http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vett5.jpg[/pic]

The two bottom pictures are my favorite 81. It was used by an artillery school and made by the company that later became SIG.
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Post by dromia » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:01 am

Guisan

Thanks for the education, what cartridge did the Cadet rifle use?
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Post by Guisan » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:30 am

Well the cadet rifles were able to shoot the normal cartridges but common was the use of a cartridge with less powder.

The same goes also for the later M1897 cadet straight pull, that one has a rear sight with two scales, one for normal cartridges and the other for the special cadet cartridges.

LoLo I think that your rifle was once part of the study collection of the artillery school at Fontainebleau in France.

SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG Société Industrielle Suisse) (SIG Swiss Industrial Company) (SIG Società Industriale Svizzera) (SIG Sociedad Industrial Suiza), in N e u h a u s e n a m R h e i n f a l l is the same company in several languages and at first the guns they made were marked in French, they changed that later to German.

See for more about SIG here....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizeri ... sellschaft

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very nice stuff

Post by RGRWJB » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:27 am

great looking collections!
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Post by LoLo25643 » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:44 am

Thanks for that info Guisan. I spent a little while with the links and mostly looking at Fontainebleau, France. I'd like a chance to wonder around that town for a week or two someday.

The Vetterli cadet rifle is the most apealing to me. I remember seeing what looked like one converted to a nice target rifle once.
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