new Vetterli

[Battis]

This is what I decided on but I'm not sure what it is - it doesn't look like a cutdown Vetterli. Could that stock with the pistol grip be from another rifle?
It came with a box of goodies.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4564_zps8ac4a2e8.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4563_zpsbdc05596.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4561_zps3493e6a1.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4552_zps77a64970.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4560_zpsb1f1968a.jpg
15 rounds total
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4557_zps9f71f65b.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/DSCF4551_zps08c9279d.jpg

[GOPHER SLAYER]

It appeares to me to be an original sporting rifle. Except for the action the rifles made for the military that I have seen look nothing like that.

[Battis]

It's definitely a Vetterli .41 but that stock puzzles me.

[texassako]

That rifle looks very similar to the one I was looking at on the Allan's Armory website today. Pistol grip, lighter wood on the forearm, cut down barrel with fixed sights.

[Battis]

I checked that site and it does look similar. I know that many Vetterlis were sporterized in the early 1900's- this was probably one of them.

[EDG]

I think it would make a good photo to stick some Weaver bases on one of those with Super Glue and mount a long 24X target scope - for a Vetterli Varmiter.