Collectible Hunting
Cartridge for french model 1866 chassepot rifle and swiss M1881 vetterlie rifle?

Im looking for a site where I can buy a few of the following;

10.4mm rimfire cartridge for an antique Swiss M1881 Vetterli Rifle

and

11mm paper cartridge for a French Model 1866 Chassepot Rifle

I only need a few of each strictly for collectible purposes.

Please leave your suggestion only if you are knowledgeable in this area. I have also searched through many different types of hunting and antique sites and did not find anything.

Any crude, inappropriate, or meaningless comments will be removed.

Hi

This is going to be an interesting search. The 10.4 Swiss was available up through the seventies in new ammo. The stuff for the Chassepot has been hard to find for a very long time.

Here is some of the collector stuff for the Swiss. This is all the rimfire stuff, not new made centerfire that requires a conversion on the gun.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=130989065

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=130568282

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=131427158

The Chassepot is a lot harder, I had trouble finding ammo thirty years ago.

There are a few possibilities. I would Google on the term "Cartridge Collector"

Here are a few sites that I found that may be of help.

http://www.oldammo.com/

http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/glossary.htm

http://www.gunsgunsguns.com/gunhoo/a.antique-obsolete-collectible.htm

I would also check your local gun shows, you never know what will show up.

The final method would be to put a ad in Craigslist.

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As a "geek" collector myself, I like to organize and hunt for stuff too. I can understand how some women can spend hours shopping for shoes, as I can do the same in a DVD or collectible store.

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