Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 Price_$-050 - $200 The last inch of the

The last inch of the scabbard is however missing most of the finish

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All set among trees with birds and sundry other symbols

The holster is well worn

the Chinese demanded to have machine guns produced by themselves

Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 Price_$-050 - $200 The last inch of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rare opportunity! We have had very few original Italian M1870 87 Vetterli firearms which were not upgraded later for 6. 5mm Carcano. Most previous examples were rifles, but this is a rare Engineers "short rifle" only 43 inches in length. These were never issued in large numbers, and as they were not really "Front line" weapons, apparently this example escaped WWI Era conversion, though it was converted