Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock & Muzzle Cover - Matching Serial 176444 VHS and the National Oceanic and

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30 cartridges in with nickel-colored bullets

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5"Hip width: 21Front length: 20

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock & Muzzle Cover - Matching Serial 176444 VHS and the National Oceanic andOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik (Swiss Arms Factory), Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle serial number 176444, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1895 1896. This