Vetterli Soldier pic

[WCF3030]

[Winnetou]

That looks like a Swiss Model 1878/81 or 1881. The Swiss Vetterli should be of interest to aficionados of lever-action rifles, since it was based in part on the Henry rifle and Winchester Model 1866. It has the tubular magazine and vertically rising cartridge elevator of the Henry and Winchester design, as well as the receiver loading port of the latter. Instead of a toggle-link breech closure and lever, there is a relatively standard bolt action breech mechanism.

http://www.swissrifles.com/vetterli/index.html

There was a prototype lever-action version:

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard ... -quot.html

[WCF3030]

That looks like a Swiss Model 1878/81 or 1881. The Swiss Vetterli should be of interest to aficionados of lever-action rifles, since it was based in part on the Henry rifle and Winchester Model 1866. It has the tubular magazine and vertically rising cartridge elevator of the Henry and Winchester design, as well as the receiver loading port of the latter. Instead of a toggle-link breech closure and lever, there is a relatively standard bolt action breech mechanism.

http://www.swissrifles.com/vetterli/index.html

There was a prototype lever-action version:

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard ... -quot.html

Thanks for the info. When looking up this pic on the web I got a close up shot of one of those rifles. Neat.