vetterli vitali model 1870/87/15 rehab

[burb1989]

hi everyone. i have a vetterli vitali model 1870/87/15 that i picked up at a gun show here in mississippi last week and i`m glad i did. It was made by the Torino arsenal in 1889 and redone for the 6.5X52 mm Carcano ammo in 1915. It has a cleaning rod with it but i think the grooves in the wood must be stripped since after a quarter turn of the rod it reloosenes and i have to start over. I can get it to where it is tight but it still sticks out past the barrel (i`m picky about my old rifles looking good since i am a collector of ww1 and ww2 bolt action rifles). I was lucky the dealer i bought it from also had a shortened bayonet for it and threw it in with the gun. I bought the entire package for 150 bucks and it does fire. I`m scared about shooting the rounds i have for it even though they`re 139 grains i still want them a little less powerful in case something bad happens. All of the numbers on it match but the cartouches seem to have faded away with time unfourtunately. These aren`t that common to come by down here and i thought it would be a cool looking gun to have in my collection.

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