Hey gentlemen I just got my hands on a Swiss
Vetterli. I'm looking to get it coverted to centerfire. I know there's good amount of info on this website but I'm not finding a place to get the conversion done. Please let me know my options. Thanks Brent
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thes...rli-rifles-f4/
It is easy to do, this website has everything you need to know. If you prefer to have it done there is Norm Sutton (his info is at swiss rifles) he does excellent work, quick turn around, and very reasonable. Welcome to the world of Vetterli's they are a accurate rifle and interesting piece of repeating arms history.
Last edited by hpbear101; 01-15-2019 at 09:20 PM.
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Thanks. Happy to find a place with good info and helpful pplOriginally Posted by Der Gebirgsjager
300 gr cast boolit @1200 fps is a deadly killer too !
It cost me like $5 to convert mine, a bag of the decapping pins. I ground off the rimfire pins, drilled a hole in the piece, shortened the decapping pin till it worked. Goes bang every time.
check out youtube as well, lots of tutorials there. i think Iraq Veteran 8888 did one. he's a knowledgeable guy. good luck.
I've converted two with a drill press. The first one came out perfectly on the first try. I messed up the second one a little and had a machinist friend patch the crooked hole and redrill it. It's not hard to do, but it's not hard to mess up either.
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