Original Dutch M1871 11.3mm Beaumont Bolt Action Military Rifle by Stevens of Maastricht 40mm BOFORS to manufacture the rifle

to manufacture the rifle

the Peninsula War and at Waterloo

the first that we recall handling

the 2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry raised in 1849 used percussion carbines of musket bore

Original Dutch M1871 11.3mm Beaumont Bolt Action Military Rifle by Stevens of Maastricht 40mm BOFORS to manufacture the rifleOriginal Item: Only One Available. Dutch Infantry Rifle made by Stevens of Maastricht in the Netherlands actually dated 1873. The model M71 was a single shot 11mm rifle that was converted to a bolt action magazine rifle with a capacity of four rounds in 1888. Still in use by the time WW1 came in 1914 but was much outclassed by the Mauser and Enfield rifle systems introduced in the late 1890s. This example is matching serial numbers (#Z811) and is in