Original Swiss Early First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore & Muzzle Cover - Serial 255 U.S. Holsters Flight Quarters

Flight Quarters

The top 4 inches of the scabbard are wrapped in twine

729" 12 gauge / bore

giving the name "August Schneider Dresden"

who was born near the North/South Carolina border

Original Swiss Early First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore & Muzzle Cover - Serial 255 U.S. Holsters Flight QuartersOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik (Swiss Arms Factory), Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle a very low serial number 255, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1891,