Vetterli snap hook
For the Police force
Canton Of Freiburg
Descriptive and markings
Type weapon : Snap hook Vetterli 1870
Nš weapon : 95
Length of the gun : 1144mm
Length of the barrel : 683mm
Calibre : 10,4mm
Type of cartridges : Annular Percussion
Speed : 430m/s
Capacity magazin : 7 cartridges plus 1
Hausse marked : 100-800 step or 75-800m
Markings on the box of breech
Serial number : 95
Manufacturer Swiss industrial Company + Vetterli System.
Punch of control
On the gun, the barrel and the stick. + Punch of the chief controller S Colonel R Schmidt 1864 to 1874
Conrol punch + punch since 1872. V
Initial J D
Arm used by the police force and prison warders of the canton of Freiburg.
Quantities manufactured : 135 weapons.
Listed quantities : 26 weapons including 2 in Belgium.
Classification and attribution:
These snap hooks received the job numbers from 1 to 135.
They do not carry punches nor of cantonal numbers.
They were allotted under the numbers of manufacture.
The strap is out of brown leather, width 27 to 30 mm
Baïonnette:
Quadrangular with casing model 1863/1871 but with an internal diameter of casing of 17,7 mm adaptable on the gun.
Overall length 547mm.
Length of the blade 480mm.
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Vetterli snap hook
For the body of the Frontier guards
Description and markings of the weapon
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Type of weapon Nš of the weapon Length of the weapon Length of the barrel Caliber Fire Speed of the projectile Capacity of the magazine Raise to dial graduated of |
Snap hook Vetterli 1869/1870 23885 946 mm 486 mm 10,4 mm Doubles annular percussion 375m/s 6 cartridges plus 1 in the trough 225 m to 1000 m |
Model 1869/1871
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Steps of the stripes Number stripes Weight uncharged |
660 mm on the right 4 3,900 kg |
Markings on the breech box:
Nš of weapon: 23885
Manufacturer: W v Steiger with Thun
Control mark:
On the barrel, the breech, the rise, the trigger guard and to embouchoir it:
The letter D surmounted by the Swiss cross (In use since1867)
On the barrel:
The letter E surmounted by the Swiss cross. (In use since 1867)
On thundering it of the gun:
Surmounted figure 3 of the Swiss cross.
Characteristic:
Punch of the canton of Bern on the barrel in front of the rise.
The handlebar forms part to embouchoir it, and is fixed.
Marks on the barrel: A 77
The weapon is deprived of bayonet.
These snap hooks with repetition were obtained by shortening of repeating rifles model 1869/70 or 1871. Until now, one could find no data on their use in the files. One is not far from supposing that it acted of a weapon intended for the body of the frontier guards. The transport facilities would correspond to this destination of use.
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