Need help from milsurp lovers....**rare gun**

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A lady I know received this from here fathers estate, Im assuming its rare and need to know what it is, make model, calibre and approx year on manf??

There is some sort of european gun stamped with Waffinbrik with an imprint of a shield with an "R" in the shield and a cross above the shield. It does have a serial number 14XX69 with the word "BERN" near it.Please pm me if you know what it is

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Swiss Vetterli. .41 rimfire. IIRC, introduced 1869, so say ca1870s for age.
Not particularly rare. That one looks to be complete, and in respectable condition. Assuming the bore is good, perhaps a $300 rifle.
Antique status.
 
Yes I have bought and sold a few of those. A nice one in full wood is about a 250-400 dollar rifle. That one looks complete, many of these were cut down as sporters for hunting. Catalogs used to sell them dirt cheap.

They are antique status, but with a little work can be converted to CF, the barrels are very strong. Not the prettiest rifle but it has a certain charm.
 
If you don't already have antique status for it, I would go ahead and do that. Antique status would probbaly raise the value.
 
www.swissrifles.com
click on other vetterli links
Click on converting to centerfire
I converted both of my rifles, one a stutzen, to centrefire.

www.buffaloarms.com has dies, bullet moulds/bullets, and cartridge cases.

Now some folks whine about "the rifle won't be original!:eek:
No, it will have a small hole in the bolt face for the centrefire fireing pin, BUT you can have lots of fun shooting it.:D

Unless you have a time machine handy and can go back and buy .41 rimfire ammo.;)

Oh by the way, the loaded cartridge length is critical since the feed system works just like a winchester.
 
Pocketfisherman said:
Yes I have bought and sold a few of those. A nice one in full wood is about a 250-400 dollar rifle. That one looks complete, many of these were cut down as sporters for hunting. Catalogs used to sell them dirt cheap.

They are antique status, but with a little work can be converted to CF, the barrels are very strong. Not the prettiest rifle but it has a certain charm.
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You got me interested.
Could you explain a bit how this can be done?
greatly appreciated...
cheers
 
Do not forget that in Canada if you modify it to Centerfire it will not longer be an Antique and you will have to register it.
 
polaris said:
You got me interested.
Could you explain a bit how this can be done?
greatly appreciated...
cheers
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If you go to the website I posted, complete instructions are there. I modified the firing pin by silver soldering an extension to it. they listed another method, but I liked this one a lot better.
 
When my father was in high school, he took the barrel from one of these, the lock from a old shotgun and converted it into a muzzle loader percussion gun. I still have the rifle, haven't shot it, but i think i should. Just think, it was his shop project, he made a rifle, imagine if you did that today?
 
That one looks pretty rough, but it has the cleaning rod which can fetch $100 by itself. If the bore's VG+ it's about a $300 gun.
I've got several and have shot a couple of the centrefire conversions in Swiss Postal Matches and one Milshoot - one of my favourite guns to shoot. "Noel" has hunted with one and killed at least one deer.

Here's a thread worth looking at:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170468
 
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