Description
Vetterli" type 1881 single shot 10.4 mm round barrel, rifled, with thunderbolt, 47 cm, with leaf frog. Breechblock marked "SOC.IND.SUISSE SYST VETTERLIN" Double trigger Schmidt system. Finger rest and iron fittings. Length: 95 cm B.E . Famous system conceived by Johann Friedrich Vetterli (1822-1882) . The Vetterli rifle is the first repeating rifle in use in a European army.
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Vetterli" type 1881 single shot 10.4 mm round barrel, rifled, with thunderbolt, 47 cm, with leaf frog. Breechblock marked "SOC.IND.SUISSE SYST VETTERLIN" Double trigger Schmidt system. Finger rest and iron fittings. Length: 95 cm B.E . Famous system conceived by Johann Friedrich Vetterli (1822-1882) . The Vetterli rifle is the first repeating rifle in use in a European army.