A Few Swiss

Andy

Andy

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Thought it was about time I shared some pics of a few of the "girls". Amateurish in presentation I know, but I thought a Swiss Army blanket and a ORD 49 uniform beat a concrete floor.

Rifles (top to bottom):

M1869 Vetterli Rifle
M1869/71 Vetterli Rifle
M1889 Schmidt Rubin Rifle
M96/11 Schmidt Rubin Rifle
M1911 Schmidt Rubin Carbine
K31 Schmidt Rubin Carbine

Bayonets (top to bottom):

M1871 Socket
M1889
M1911 Pioneer
M1918


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I thought I'd start small, and add some Swedish, French, Italian and Austrian as time allows.
 
I'm perhaps a bit more enamored with the Swedish stuff, but the Swiss are real nice. Their bayonets are second to none. A M1893 - right. I think I'll score a M1911 Rifle and call it quits.

The guns are all in firing condition, and I've fired the M69/71 quite a bit, coming in fourth at our spring Milshoot ahead of quite a few guns 60-70 years "younger". It's converted to centrefire (obviously), which was a cinch, as is making brass - lot's of info is out there on that topic.
 
Do you shoot the Vetterli's???
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I've seen him shoot them.

I still don't own a Swiss yet. They look like nice rifles but I can't get over the bolt looking like a washing machine part....

Of course I thought Mosin's were ugly a few years back. Now I got a few of them...
 
I have to admit, I'm not the biggest fan of straight-pulls, nor of the looks of the Schmidt-Rubins, but you do warm up to them, and they are very well made and as accurate out of the box (and with tweaking, potentially as accurate) as any milsurp.

As for the Vetterlis, they are simply my favourite gun to shoot. This is a long, heavy gun. It was pointed out at a Milshoot that the 33" barrel gave me an unfair advantage (someone said they saw powder burns on my target). Somone else joked that I picked up a few points because the big round holes made by the 44 cal semi wadcutters touched lines that a 30 cal wouldn't have - and they had a point.

"Parashooter" on swissrifles.com is the expert on centrefire conversions of these. He has done the research and documented it in a superb fashion.
 
Claven2 said:
I presume the centerfire conversions are supposed to be registered? (hopefully not for much longer?)
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You are correct. Gets interesting when you consider the notion of using the bolt in other guns (the conversion is solely with the bolt). Do you register/deregister guns as you decide to shoot them? Register the bolt? :rolleyes:
 
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