The Italian Vetterli rifle

Adopted in Italy in 1870, is one of the older bolt action rifles. It 'similar in some respects, the Swiss version, although it is a center-fire version, unlike the Swiss, who was rimfire. Originally it was once thought that prevails between the military authorities of the day was often a waste of ammunition for weapons. Later, however, has a magazine and called the Vital Vetterli. The Netherlands years Beaumont also took the life of the system afterProduction. The cartridge is a size 41, and is a smaller military cartridges of its time. It is 47 mm long, while most of his contemporaries were 55-60 mm in length.

Most of the other balls diameter of the ball bigger and heavier. However, there will be 20 years of service as the cartridge until the Carcano 6.5 first came in 1891. As a footnote, the majority was 6.5 Vetterli rebarreled 1914-1918. They were designed as a temporary solution andThe work was done. If you have a careful consideration of the use before the shooting and when you take the burden reduction. There were a number of them sold to the Irish at the same time and gave good service to them. How many of these weapons has been in service for many years after it was officially abandoned. They took care at home and gave the troops of the second line. Some of these settlements have received for their military use.

If you shoot there is asome of the challenges you face. There are no commercial ammunition is available everywhere, so you need to make your own or get from a custom loader. Copper can be from 348 cases and 41 working class OK. The gun is well made and safe to take charge while he is in good shape and ammunition is correct. They used a high speed loading smokeless at the end of production. It 'was a 246 grain bullet at 2000 feet per second, while soldiers loaded with black powderLead a grit 313 to about 1300 meters per second. My rifle is gas reductions in beneficiary countries in case of breakage, copper was common at the time of inferior quality. It also guaranteed all kinds, all weapons were not. The finish and workmanship at the top, I saw more in a military weapon.

Because of the size and weight of the weapons, the recoil is very mild. The accuracy is ok, but with the terrible prospect Gawd-addedthe gun is a miracle that we did nothing. My 300 grain bullet is a cast to check with a gas that is produced by the Winchester 405. With a speed of 1,500 meters per second of bandwidth, it is also practical and safe to shoot. You can get more than 41 magnum bullets and satisfactory results. I shot a couple of hundred times and I have no problem whatsoever, that the shooting of one of the obsolete weapons that shoot I do I do it for the taste of the history of hunting.

TheExtractors and ejectors are robust and reliable, as the screw and the attacker. I think in time, if you are the weapon soldiers in Italy, if not all interference from the ammunition was more than the gun. After metal cartridges were in general use, it took several years before the case is prefect as it is today. Several countries have started in brass or copper sheet mild cases or a different league. Some have also used cardboard boxes with iron or brass heads asrifle cartridge paper. While they were responsible, had shortcomings, particularly in the field of sustainability. Mid to late 1870, most countries have improved enough decent housing brass about the reliability of their weapons.