Albert Forter

[Robertham1]

I started a thread in the wrong forum so I'll put it here too. I recently bought a target .22 rifle stamped "A. Forter Olten" it's like no rifle I've seen before. Looks similar to a Tanner, but not the same. For lack of better words the set trigger order is in front of the trigger guard, not the rear. It has dual firing pins. I will try to post some pictures. Seems like Albert Forter was a gunsmith for Hammerli and perhaps worked for/with Tanner in some way. My searches indicate he did make some pistols, but no information on target rifles.

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[Robertham1]

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[Robertham1]

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[Robertham1]

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[Robertham1]

Are the pictures viewable?

[j-team]

Another couple of pics would be nice. Showing the whole action and the whole rifle please.

[Robertham1]

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[Robertham1]

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[Robertham1]

Bolt face is on th left.


I'll take more and better pictures when I get home in a few days

[Tim S]

It looks very Tanner-like, although the rearsight mount isn't quite the same.

[Robertham1]

The sights are offset to the left, like tanners. The rear sight is stamped W. Gehmann
(Walter).

[Robertham1]

Are there any other pictures that would help with identification? I should be able to take some in the next few days

[David Levene]

Did you have any luck with the lead given in your other thread on this.

Also, the following post from 2007 might be worth following up:-

It has been owned and operated since 2003 by Joachim Ritter.

Waffen Furter
Jurastrasse 10
4600 Olten/SO
062 212 70 61
Fax 062 212 25 59

[Robertham1]

I have sent two emails however no response. Yet.


As a last effort I will call/fax/handwrite a letter to that address, but not quite at last effort yet.


Can't wait to shoot it though, as that is really what matters to me. History is nice too.

[j-team]

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Isn't that hook buttplate on upside down? (I'm a pistol shooter, so could be wrong...)

[David Levene]

Isn't that hook buttplate on upside down? (I'm a pistol shooter, so could be wrong...)

I was thinking that too (as another Pistol shooter).

[mtncwru]

Isn't that hook buttplate on upside down? (I'm a pistol shooter, so could be wrong...)

I was thinking that too (as another Pistol shooter).

I'm a prone rifle shooter and thinking the same thing...

[redschietti]

Sumtimes for storage people turn them upside down

[BigAl]

Even with that rather old 50/60's era design hook, it is not advisable to sit the rifle in a rack standing on the hook, the alloy isn't that strong. Also it can make the rifle rather long. On a lot of racks if you flip the hook over it will hang down in front of the base of the rack.

I have to say though that I usually prefer to stand a rifle muzzle down, especially with my centerfires, where I will store them with a layer of oil in the barrel, even overnight between shoots. Being muzzle down stops any oil running back into the action. When I shot fullbore TR with the Royal Air Force this was the standard way of storing rifles in the clubhouse armoury at Bisley. The storageage racks were all designed specifically for this.

Alan

[rbs]

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can't figure out how to look at the pictures, help