Italian Vetterli Model 1870/87 Carbine Caliber 10.4x47mmR

[sshackle]

Good job! Looks pretty good! Good luck on making ammo! I’m in the process of moving . Won’t have any stuff for reloading available for a couple months. I look forward to your shooting progress!

[mikenac]

Looks awesome! I just received a Vetterli from RTI as well but one of the 6.5 conversions. I am having a hard time finding ammo and have not learned how to reload my own yet but that time may be upon me to learn lol.

[sshackle]

If you can see your way to build your own ammo, the 10.4x47r is the better if the two. The 6.5 conversions are considered marginal for shooting with factory ie military ammo.

[Aragorn243]

The 6.5's tend to go boom and not in a good way. C&R Arsenal blew two of them up. Lots of excuses why but I'm not firing mine. They were considered emergency use when made and pawned off on colonial troops after WWI was over.