Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1881 Magazine Infantry Rifle Serial No 225412 - 10.35 x 47mm Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Used but good condition

Used but good condition

and is pretty much unissued

marked on the reverse L/56

but was superseded by the M13 and M13A1

in a walk – literally – and what a walk

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1881 Magazine Infantry Rifle Serial No 225412 - 10.35 x 47mm Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Used but good conditionOriginal 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,