Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 49410 Original Machine Guns but no major removed past

but no major removed past oxidation or staining

within the town of Chateau-Thierry on the River Marne 35 miles northeast of Paris and to the town's east

The fabric compass card has degraded a bit

He lived out the rest of his day in Mount Pleasant where he was born

The cutter is mounted on a rather primitive wood block stand bearing a silver shield engraved with:-

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 49410 Original Machine Guns but no major removed pastOriginal 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 49410, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1892 1893. This