The rifle of marksman model 1931/1942
Design features.
Manufacturer and Manufacturer: Waffenfabrirk, Bern
Number of the studied weapon: 450576.
Type of breech: rectilinear with rotary movement with lock plate to front, model 1931.
Trigger: no the possible adjustment, weight of the relaxation 1500 grams.
Caliber and cartridge: 7.5 X 55 model 1911.
Mode of firing: central percussion.
Modes of shooting: repetition and in shot by shot.
Speed of the projectile: 760m/s
Length of the weapon without the bayonet: 1103mm.
Weight of the empty weapon and without accessories: 3900 kg
Length of the barrel: 652mm.
Numbers and dimensions of the stripes: 4 with the step of 270mm, width 3.9mm, depth 0.14mm
Cartridge supply: store of 6 cartridges placed in two lines.
Raise: with shaped and curved cheeks graduated of 100 à1500 meters, value of the graduations 100 meters.
Front sight: To protect by cheeks slightly curved in their higher part and to fix on a door handlebar in a dovetail groove machined in skew compared to the axis of the gun in order to obtain an adjustment in drift. The adjustment of rise is ensured manufacture by the placement of handlebar having a suitable height for the weapon.
Optical sigh: Fixed at residence and forming integral part of the weapon. These systems form a unit with the box of breech on its left side. The mobile objective is folded back in the notch envisaged to this end in mounting. Under the casing an adjustable tangent in height is, and on the side of the casing also an adjustable tangent in drift is. The systems are equipped with a graduated cursor of 100 à1000 meters with a value of the graduations of 100 meters.
Optics: with enlargement of 1.8, the diameter of the objective is 9 mm and that of the eye piece of 5mm, the enlargement of the visual field is 125%
Wood: in drowning with hand-shield.
Bayonet: dagger model 1931.
Punches and Markings: on the thunder the punch of test of pressure is 3700/3900 Kg /cm 2, and the punch of acceptance of Waffenfabrik Bern.
On the flat part of the gun one sees the punch of the Hämmerli manufacturer, also appears the number of manufacture of the gun in knowing 50669 here.
On the breech: one sees there the punch of the “Schweizerische Neuhausen Industry-Gesellschaft” in summary: S I G.
On mounting: the federal punch of acceptance, and where seat the gun takes, the number of the weapon, as well as the punch of “S I G”.
Note: manufacture per years 1943 93 rifles
1944 403
1945 1537
1946 205
Total 2241 manufactured rifles one, including the rifles models 31/43.
With regard to the handlebar, one meets some 5 different heights, which vary from7.1 mm for highest to 5.9mm for low and which give an adjustment of16 cm of rise.
Max.
The rifle of marksman model 1931/1942
Design features.
Manufacturer and Manufacturer: Waffenfabrirk, Bern
Number of the studied weapon: 451312.
Type of breech: rectilinear with rotary movement with lock plate to front, model 1931.
Trigger: no the possible adjustment, weight of the relaxation 1500 grams.
Caliber and cartridge: 7.5 X 55 model 1911.
Mode of firing: central percussion.
Modes of shooting: repetition and in shot by shot.
Speed of the projectile: 760m/s
Length of the weapon without the bayonet: 1103mm.
Weight of the empty weapon and without accessories: 3900 kg
Length of the barrel: 652mm.
Numbers and dimensions of the stripes: 4 with the step of 270mm, width 3.9mm, depth 0.14mm
Cartridge supply: store of 6 cartridges placed in two lines.
Raise: with shaped and curved cheeks graduated of 100 à1500 meters, value of the graduations 100 meters.
Front sight: To protect by cheeks slightly curved in their higher part and to fix on a door handlebar in a dovetail groove machined in skew compared to the axis of the gun in order to obtain an adjustment in drift. The adjustment of rise is ensured manufacture by the placement of handlebar having a suitable height for the weapon.
Optical sight: Fixed at residence and forming integral part of the weapon. These systems form a unit with the box of breech on its left side. The mobile objective is folded back in the notch envisaged to this end in mounting. Under the casing an adjustable tangent in height is, and on the side of the casing also an adjustable tangent in drift is. The systems are equipped with a graduated cursor of 100 to 700 meters with a value of the graduations of 100 meters.
Optics: with enlargement of 2.8, the diameter of the objective is 12 mm and that of the eye piece of 4.3 mm, the enlargement of the visual field is 80%
Wood: in drowning with hand-shield.
Bayonet: dagger model 1931.
Punches and Markings: on the thunder the punch of test of pressure is 3700/3900 Kg /cm 2, and the punch of acceptance of Waffenfabrik Bern.
On the flat part of the gun one sees the punch of the Hämmerli manufacturer, also appears the number of manufacture of the gun in knowing 69351 here.
On the breech: one sees there the punch of the “Schweizerische Neuhausen Industry-Gesellschaft” in summary: S I G.
On mounting: the federal punch of acceptance, and where seat the gun takes, the number of the weapon, as well as the punch of “S I G”.
Note: manufacture per years 1943 93 rifles
1944 403
1945 1537
1946 205
Total 2241 manufactured rifles one, including the rifles models 31/43.
With regard to the sight, one meets some 5 different heights, which vary from7.1 mm for highest to 5.9mm for low and which give an adjustment of16 cm of rise.
Max.
