Original German Pre-WWI Karabiner 88 S Cavalry Carbine by V.C. Schilling dated 1890 Marked to 17th Dragoon Regt. - Matching Serial 9149 d Stocks with economy grey fittings

with economy grey fittings

These “big eyes” aren’t nearly big enough to fit your head inside of

The bore size is 50mm with tube length of 19

as to be expected of a rifle that saw long service

Yedinak's mobile guerrilla unit engaged the enemy 52 times and knocked out 15 locations

Original German Pre-WWI Karabiner 88 S Cavalry Carbine by V.C. Schilling dated 1890 Marked to 17th Dragoon Regt. - Matching Serial 9149 d Stocks with economy grey fittingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1888 the new German Infantry round in 7. 92 X 57mm replaced the old 10. 4mm large bore cartridge adopted in 1871. The M 1888 Rifle was referred to as the "Commission Rifle" and was manufactured as a full Infantry Rifle and a Carbine starting in 1888 and an Artillery Carbine adopted in 1891. Our example is of the Cavalry Carbine and was made by government contractor V. C. SCHILLING, located in SUHL in 1890,