Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Matching Serial 165480 Discount Measuring about 33 inches overall

Measuring about 33 inches overall

The hammer and sickle have become the pan-communist symbol

This signifies that this was carried by a "junior grade" officer

Something needed to be done

and 19 missing

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Matching Serial 165480 Discount Measuring about 33 inches overallOriginal 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 serial number 165480, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1895 1896. This