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Larryhoosier
 Post subject: M1870/87 Vetterli Vitale
PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:47 am 
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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. 

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:41 pm 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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Bought the rifle because you already had a bayonet? Yep! Works for me! :bigrin: Nice rifle, too! SW

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works for me too and looks a good match
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....I must be normal...I've always done the reverse... :rotflma: :fny: :grin: ;)

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Nice looking rifle. I wish I had rifles for all of my bayonets. :D

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Great rifle! What is the Maker/Year made?
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