M1869 Werder Rifle
The chap takes his bavarian 1869 werder in 11x.
M1869 werder rifle. This is the first example we have ever encountered. The mauser was provisionally adopted on 2 december 1871 pending the development of an appropriate safety. Bavaria was engaged in several central european conflicts during the late 19th century opposing prussia in the danish german war of 1864 and the austro prus. It was a werders original and i was four.
Repeating rifle vetterli was the first iteration of vetterli rifles to go into full mass productionit was designed by johann friedrich vetterli 18221882 a swiss riflemaker who worked in france and england before becoming director of the schweizerische industrie gesellschafts armament factory in neuhausen switzerland. Designed by johann ludwig werder based on the peabody and martini henry the action of this rifle is truly fascinating. The werder was made in rifle carbine and pistol form with the carbines and pistols chambered for an 11x35mm short cartridge 340 grain bullet over 664 grains of black powder while the rifle used an 11x50mm cartridge 386 grain bullet over 664 grains of black powder. Remained in service as the primary bavarian arm until replaced by the m71 beginning in 1877.
I remember the first rifle ever given to me by my grandfather. Paul mauser developed his bolt action rifle from 1867 to 1871. These rifles are so very hard to find. Rifle is a wholly new model of the m1869 werder built to german standards by re barreling with the chamber barrel sights and nosecap to conform with the m1871 mauser.
Adopted as the model 69 gendarmerie rifle some sources call it a m1873 and some m1874 2639 of the rifles were ordered from francotte. As the amberg arsenal was overwhelmed with the modification of m1869 werder rifles and tooling up to produce m1871 mauser rifles the bavarians again looked to august francotte to produce the new guns. In 187071 trials with 2500 test rifles took place with the m1869 bavarian werder being the mausers chief competitor. Designed by johann ludwig werder based on the peabody and martini henry the action of this rifle is truly fascinatingequipped with opposed triggers and a cocking lever mounted above the action.
The 1869 repetiergewehr vetterli english. Introduced april 18th 1869 and adopted as the model 1869.