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Swiss pattern 1863 Rifled Musket. .41 cal. (10.4mm). This gun bears a 'Schaffhausen SIG 24' stamp, leading one to believe it was produced by SIG (SIG's first facilities were in Schaffhausen).
The particular rifle has a .407 bore diameter. The orginal bullet was a 290-300g paper patched minie style. Any .399 smooth sided paper patch bullet will work. I will include the paper patch template.
I am currently awaiting a custom "bulholzer" mold from moose molds. The mold will be forwarded to you once complete for the cost of the mold, or you can contact moose directly with the order.
63.5g of 1.5f Swiss has worked exceedingly well. This rifle is identical to the famed 1851 Feldstuzer other than the single trigger, bayonet lug and buttplate.
The rifle takes a standard 5/16s nipple and has a new one installed. I will include the orginal.
A little background: in the 1860's, the Swiss were trying to rapidly keep up with modern firearms technology in order to be on equal footing with the other countries of Europe that were adopting breech-loading cartridge rifles. They adopted a number of "transitional" breech loading arms, until the Vetterli design was finalized. The most notable of these transitional arms, was the Milbank-Amsler breechloader. The Swiss converted most of their old muskets to the Milbank-Amsler pattern. This one was spared from being converted, making it very rare.
The musket is 54" long, and is very interestingly engraved with the name, "F. Vetterlin." , the designer of the famed Vetterli breech loading repeating rifle. This makes its history even more intriguing. According to the museum. This rifle was either made by Fredrick Vetterlin or supervised by him during his time at SIG. Ive contacted the Swiss Marksmanship Museum In Bern Switzerland and they have confirmed the rifles provenance. I have all the emails if you would like to read them.
There is a good chance this is one of the few 1863 Swiss Infanteriegewehrs in the US, the only other examples I could confirm existing were in the museum in Bern Switzerland.
It has good rifling and is overall in excellent original condition.
More pics avaliable, image limit has been reached.
$1500 + shipping
The particular rifle has a .407 bore diameter. The orginal bullet was a 290-300g paper patched minie style. Any .399 smooth sided paper patch bullet will work. I will include the paper patch template.
I am currently awaiting a custom "bulholzer" mold from moose molds. The mold will be forwarded to you once complete for the cost of the mold, or you can contact moose directly with the order.
63.5g of 1.5f Swiss has worked exceedingly well. This rifle is identical to the famed 1851 Feldstuzer other than the single trigger, bayonet lug and buttplate.
The rifle takes a standard 5/16s nipple and has a new one installed. I will include the orginal.
A little background: in the 1860's, the Swiss were trying to rapidly keep up with modern firearms technology in order to be on equal footing with the other countries of Europe that were adopting breech-loading cartridge rifles. They adopted a number of "transitional" breech loading arms, until the Vetterli design was finalized. The most notable of these transitional arms, was the Milbank-Amsler breechloader. The Swiss converted most of their old muskets to the Milbank-Amsler pattern. This one was spared from being converted, making it very rare.
The musket is 54" long, and is very interestingly engraved with the name, "F. Vetterlin." , the designer of the famed Vetterli breech loading repeating rifle. This makes its history even more intriguing. According to the museum. This rifle was either made by Fredrick Vetterlin or supervised by him during his time at SIG. Ive contacted the Swiss Marksmanship Museum In Bern Switzerland and they have confirmed the rifles provenance. I have all the emails if you would like to read them.
There is a good chance this is one of the few 1863 Swiss Infanteriegewehrs in the US, the only other examples I could confirm existing were in the museum in Bern Switzerland.
It has good rifling and is overall in excellent original condition.
More pics avaliable, image limit has been reached.
$1500 + shipping
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