Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 49410 Original Machine Guns within the town of Chateau-Thierry

within the town of Chateau-Thierry on the River Marne 35 miles northeast of Paris and to the town's east

with lots of markings on the barrel AND stock

among whom were enemy artillery observers

The fabric compass card has degraded a bit

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 49410 Original Machine Guns within the town of Chateau-ThierryOriginal 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 49410, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1892 1893. This