M1870/87 Vetterli Vitale

Here are pics of my recently acquired Italian vetterli. *This one is like a new rifle. *Pristine bore and 90+ percent bluing remains on the parts which are blued. *Also pictured are my version of the 10.4x47r chargers which I fabricated from pics of originals found somewhere in the vast webisphere.

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I bought the rifle because I received the bayonet mismatched to another M1870 single shot rifle which I purchased at auction.*

A few more looks:

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Very nice.

Beautiful rifle!

Very good indeed!

Do you know of a source of the chargers? Any I have seen are in a poor condition - yours look like new.

Regards....

...Titan303

PS First post - so hello everyone!

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Originally Posted by Titan303

Do you know of a source of the chargers? Any I have seen are in a poor condition - yours look like new.

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They are new:

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Originally Posted by larryhoosier

Also pictured are my version of the 10.4x47r chargers which I fabricated from pics of originals found somewhere in the vast webisphere.

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Perhaps Larry can provide you with the dimensions?

Oops!

Next time I will not just look at the pictures.
:)

...Titan303