Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1871 Infantry Magazine Rifle Serial No 86941 - 10.35 x 47mm Breda M-37 All lock screws are original

All lock screws are original and in excellent condition

in each case a B-17 was severely damaged by fighters after it had bombed a target in Germany

This is a really unusual for IMA

and the Dao (sabre)

Lincolnshire in England sometime in the 1990's

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1871 Infantry Magazine Rifle Serial No 86941 - 10.35 x 47mm Breda M-37 All lock screws are originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. Introduced in 1867, the Vetterli rifle system utilized the "Winchester" tube magazine system for cartridge storage under the barrel. The original 1867 model had an external hammer, like a Winchester, but in 1868 this was changed to an internal cocking bolt spring. The cleaning rod was moved to the side of the rifle, but this proved problematic, so the model of 1869 moved it back to the under barrel position. In 1871,