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    M1870/87 Vetterli Vitale

    Here are pics of my recently acquired Italianicon 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.



    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.

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    Beautiful rifle!

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titan303 View Post
    Do you know of a source of the chargers? Any I have seen are in a poor condition - yours look like new.

    They are new:

    Quote Originally Posted by larryhoosier View Post
    Also pictured are my version of the 10.4x47r chargers which I fabricated from pics of originals found somewhere in the vast webisphere.
    Perhaps Larry can provide you with the dimensions?

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    Oops!

    Next time I will not just look at the pictures.


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