Original Austro-Hungarian Model 1854/67 Wänzl Lorenz Breech-Loading Rifle with Practice Bayonet War of 1812 Octagonal 6" barrel

Octagonal 6" barrel

Lieutenant GA Williams serial number N-726432 was an Army Medical Corps Combat Nurse Named Grouping combat nurse during World War Two stationed in Italy then transferred to the Pacific theater in 1945

Offered complete with original trigger mechanism

and the horn itself is in excellent condition for its age

especially with the leather hanger loop intact

Original Austro-Hungarian Model 1854/67 Wänzl Lorenz Breech-Loading Rifle with Practice Bayonet War of 1812 Octagonal 6" barrelOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Wnzl rifle was a breechloading conversion of the M1854 & M1862 Lorenz rifle. The Austro Hungarian Empire used the Wnzl as their service rifle until they had enough M1867 Werndl Holub rifles to arm the military. The rifle was a lifting block breechloader chambered for the 1433mm Wnzl rimfire cartridge. The Austrians converted a total of 70,000 Lorenz muskets to Wnzls. The Lorenz percussion rifle adopted in 1854