Grandpa Olaf is... old, and a bit cranky at times, but like everything nearly a century old, solid.





Problem is, with his scandanavian sounding name, some mistake him for something of swedish origin. I did try to feed him something Swiss but for some reason it's just not fitting. Can anyone offer some advice?



All these mixups have made him a bit wobbly. His timing is off and he doesn't just seem to care. We wrap him up at night to keep him warm, especially on those cold winter nights up in the Alps

Ummm yeah, that's pretty damn cool.

Where did you get it? Have you shot it?

It's not Swedish, it's Swiss (pretty sure you already knew that), it's a Swiss Model 1929 in 7.5mm: http://swissrifles.com/pistols/index.html

Scroll down a bit...

Nice pistol.

Here are some common Swiss boy's names so you can rename it from "Olaf". My personal recommendation is for "David"...

Very very cool.

I have a soft spot for Swiss guns.

Mr. Goldfinger couldn't quite make the pot with nazi gold so he tossed in some other metal

Have not shot it yet, just picked it up today. Problem is the timing seems loose. Going to break it down and see if its something I can fix.

Regardless, there is NO ammo available :( so if it takes a while to resolve the timing issue that's fine. I'm going to pester Fiocchi to start making it again but that is a serious long shot. Otherwise it's 2.50/round on gunbroker

Any chance of reloading for it? If there's no brass, can it be formed from another caliber?

It looks like this guy can make rounds for you at $30 / 50 which ain't bad compared to $2.50/round. It's at least worth the try, and if you can get the brass, Midway sells the dies to reload for it.
http://www.gadcustomcartridges.com/#table3

I have an 1887 Swedish 7.5 Nagant and reload for it using .32-20 brass, Trail Boss powder, and lead bullets. The brass must be trimmed to ensure proper chambering in the Nagant. Otherwise, not a difficult cartridge to load.
If you want to reload, I suggest that you slug the bore to verify the bore diameter. For example, my Swede is supposed to have a .325 bore, but the bore is really closer to .309.
The Swiss Nagant is supposed to have a .317 bore. Both the 7.5 Swede and Swiss cartridges are very close dimensionally. The 7.5 Swedish Nagant C&H dies are rather expensive. Perhaps other dies could be made to work, but I don't know.

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard ... 3BPBE0eY5s

Here is a Gunboards thread about 7.5 Swiss ammo.

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread. ... olver-Ammo

Your Grandpa has aged very gracefully.

yeah. it's a big fat hairy mess to reload to a noob (me) and I would really not like to have to go that route. For now It's just a non firing example of Swiss art.

reloading ?your? for it?

Shit. Don't tell kf7mjf.

Delete that "your." Fixed above.