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pick up another Vet today missing a few parts and the barrel has been cut

some has already drilled the bolt for firing pin looks a little big to me , may have to pug it and re drill it,
its all apart now in the ultrasonic cleaner

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parts are out of ultrasonic

stock all cleaned up, the forearm was shorten already

bolt head was already drilled with too large of a hole, I'll probably tread the bolt and put harden screw in it then redrill to a proper size

the striker has been cut down, so the home made firing pin would work, so i'll have to drill the striker and put a drill rod in it for a firing pin

may make this into a carbine seeing that the barrel and the forearm has been cut already
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[bones92]

I always wonder why people would cut down such a fine rifle. I suppose someone thought a few less inches would make a big difference.

 

[GUNZABLAZIN]

A few inches is a BIG deal to me!!!! :laugh: Nice rifle, are barrels non-existant for Vetterlies, cutting guns up ought to be a crime!!!

 

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GUNZABLAZIN
barrels serial number to the frame as most parts on Swiss rifles

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got the firing pin made , and taped the bolt hole with a 6mm tap
, now to get a 6mm bolt and drill it out

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found my miss placed 6mm bolts


drill a hole in it

cut it down , and counter sunk it, this will be screwed into the bolt first, for eases of placement of the firing pin

didn't have any red Loctite, so I used some medal epoxy , made for gun smithing

after it dries, in about 12 to 24 hours I will mill the bolt face a little

also I will cut the firing pin back a little to proper length


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bolt face is done

bolt is done

parts are done except for the nose piece and the rear sight might fill in the deep v

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some one had drilled out the old cross pin dowel

so had to replace that with of dowel

since this rifle was bubbed to begin with , ,I thought I'd make into a carbine

latter I will put the date and initial's on barrel
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[bones92]

Looks like a great job so far. Someday I'll convert my M81 to centerfire.

 

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I cut the stock back and glued the cut nose wood on , put about 5 coats of Tung oil on

stock with nose piece on, I also cut the bayonet lug off and reshaped the nose piece

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[gremlin1945]

Very nice work.You are a craftsman.

 

[mosini]

Yep, that is great work. Thanks for sharing the process.

 

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thanks guy's
front sight

front sight with nose piece cut to fit

with a little luck I'll put it all back together tomorrow
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marked the side of the barrel Feb 2012 and initials NS

closed up that deep V

almost finished

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[samamara]

Norm, I like it!!!!!!!!!. Gives the vet a whole new look. Guy shows up at the rifle range with one of these. Was an Italian one. Looked like a shed gun. Light to medium rust on anything metal. Same for the bore. He asked how to clean up the rust. Told him 4/0 steel wool and a good grade of gun oil. No wire brushes, wire wheels, sand paper or anything abrasive. Never saw it again. Frank

 

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Frank
there is a big difference between an Italian Vetterli and a Swiss Vetterli, I don't like the Italian one had to work on one for a friend , ( can't tell you what I thought of it would be braking boards rules )

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got the blot key and screw yesterday form Joe thanks again Joe

bayonet lug side of nose piece

my attempt to put a Swiss crown on the barrel

out door pix

also I need to make a new clean rod tip this one didn't come out as planed
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[Mr Mondragon]

I envy you guys that can do that kind of work! If I did it, you would all be calling me "bubba"....and rightly so!

 

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50 yards
29 grns of IMR 3031 340 grn bullet

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