Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire - Serial 4439 German Afrikakorp Barrel Length: 46 1/2 Inches

Barrel Length: 46 1/2 Inches

dating probably the mid to late 18th century

Within the Australian Army

The commanders of all of the state’s infantry organizations were ordered to assemble their units in full uniform and obtain by actual count

In the late 1870s the firm introduced a redesigned model the "New Model Army"

Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire - Serial 4439 German Afrikakorp Barrel Length: 46 1/2 InchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 15,000 made for Switzerland in the late 1860s. They saw limited use and were replaced by the Repetiergewehr Vetterli in the early 1870s. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was first patented on July 22, 1862. The patent was then purchased by the Providence