Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1869/71 Infantry Magazine Rifle by Soc. Ind. Suisse Serial No 60130 - 10.35 x 47mm U.S. Machine Guns all dressed up and ready

all dressed up and ready to display

or the 10th company of Schützen Regiment 103

Provenance:

Height : 76 mmDiameter : 64 mmWeight : 240 gExplosive : 100 grams of TNTArea of effect : 13m (25m when using a fragmentation shell)

which was relatively small in size

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1869/71 Infantry Magazine Rifle by Soc. Ind. Suisse Serial No 60130 - 10.35 x 47mm U.S. Machine Guns all dressed up and readyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Introduced in 1867, the Vetterli rifle system utilized the "Winchester" tube magazine system for cartridge storage under the barrel. Designed by Swiss designer Johann Friedrich Vetterli, the original 1867 model had an external hammer, like a Winchester, but in 1868 this was changed to an internal cocking bolt spring. The cleaning rod was moved to the side of the rifle, but this proved problematic, so the model of