Vetterli Repetiergewehr 1869/71

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Should the Repetiergewehr and -stutzer Vetterli, Modell 1878 be added

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Repetiergewehr Vetterli Schweiz Modell 1878 Waffenfabrik Bern Kal. 10,4 ...
Repetiergewehr and -stutzer Vetterli, Modell 1878 and 1881
Production history
Manufacturer W+F Bern
No. built 114,000 (rifle),
c. 11,000 (stutzer)
Specifications
Mass c. 4,700 g (10.4 lb)
Length 1,325 mm (52.2 in)
Barrel length 843 mm (33.2 in)

Feed system 12-round tubular magazine

To accelerate the sluggish production of the Vetterli rifles, the federal authorities built a new arms factory in Bern, the Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik (W+F), in 1875. That factory produced the 1878 variant of the Vetterli rifle. Its some 25 improvements included a new bayonet and lug, improved sights and a finger hook on the trigger guard. A Stutzer variant with a Stecher action, but otherwise identical to the rifle, was also produced.
Rifle Details Vetterli Repetiergewehr 1869/71
Repetiergewehr Vetterli, Modell 1869/71

The last of a long line of Swiss rifle making excellence. This gun at 12 rounds would become the highest capacity br2 rifle. A fun event weapon that like the Swiss could end up in any hands or be the first gun available to every faction. Like all bolt actions rifle would have excellent accuracy.

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Interestingly, this could work for a fascist or allied aligned Italian guerrilla squad, since Italy did import tens to hundreds of thousands of them in WW1. Though that should be the M1870/87/15 Italian Vetterli variant.

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