Original Italian M1871 Vetterli Rifle Early Long Spring Bayonet marked Brescia with Scabbard - Unaltered Price_$-050 - $200 despite negotiations

despite negotiations

But at the unit's request and because of the fame attained by the unit at First Bull Run

which had issues with blade snapping due to the thinner design

Overall this was probably a very nice hunting gun at the tme

Hard to find a better one

Original Italian M1871 Vetterli Rifle Early Long Spring Bayonet marked Brescia with Scabbard - Unaltered Price_$-050 - $200 despite negotiationsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the sword bayonet for use with the 10. 4 mm. M1871 Vetterli and M1871 87 Vetterli Vitali rifles. This is an example, with the long spring for the bayonet catch, though it does have the cut out lower muzzle ring that was introduced in 1875, as indicated by Anthony Carter in his work World Bayonets 1800 to the Present. This example also still has its original composition grip scales. The blade