Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial 166070 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock drifting from target to target

drifting from target to target without a central plan and were largely ineffective

- La Colmiane

The rounded lockplate with iron pan is clearly marked forward of the hammer: THONE AMSTERDAM

with some other insignia

All three barrel bands are correctly U marked

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial 166070 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock drifting from target to targetOriginal 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 166070, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1895 6. This