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The 1869 Repetiergewehr Vetterli (English: repeating rifle, Vetterli) was the first iteration of Vetterli rifles to go into full mass production. It was designed by Johann-Friedrich Vetterli (1822–1882), a Swiss riflemaker, who worked in France and England before becoming director of the Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 's armament ...
The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian military's service rifle from 1870 to 1891. In 1887, it would be modified into the repeating M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali variant. The Vetterli rifle used the 10.4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder .
Firearm Type Calibre Service M1870 Italian Vetterli: Bolt-action single-shot: 10.4mm Vetterli: 1870–1887 M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali: Bolt-action
Vetterli may refer to: Vetterli rifle, series of Swiss Army service rifles; M1870 Italian Vetterli, Italian service rifle; Martin Vetterli (born 1957), Swiss ...
MG 11 - machine gun. Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 - double barrel aircraft submachine gun. K31 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for 7.5×55mm Swiss. Bern Pistole 43 - Semi-automatic pistol intended to replace the Luger 06/29 but ended up being discontinued because of the SIG P210; Sturmgewehr 52 & Sturmgewehr 54; MG 51; W+F Stgw 70 ...
The most popular arms chambered for this round were the Vetterli series of rifles. This type of round was also used in the 1867 Peabody. [2] Adopted in 1869 along with the Vetterli turn-bolt rifle, it was discontinued, along with the rifle, in 1889. With a 334 gr (21.6 g) bullet, it is adequate for deer, and only at short range.
In London the ship was loaded with 15,560 Swiss Vetterli M/1869-71 rifles, 2.5 million rounds of ammunition for them (both bought in France), [1] 2,500 Webley Mk IV and WG revolvers and 3 tons of explosive gelatin; additionally the cargo seems to have included 200 small automatic pistols and 300 Mauser C96 pistols bought in Hamburg. [2]
Schmidt-Rubin infantry rifle M1911 [2] SIG Mondragón M1894 [3] Licensed production of the Mexican Mondragón M1893 rifle; Swiss Mannlicher M1893 carbine [4] ~7,750; Swiss Vetterli M1881 Stutzer ~11,000+ Winchester M1866 Swiss copies