Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore and Muzzle Cover - Serial 42907 U.S. Edged Weapons and marked with a lovely

and marked with a lovely regimental emblem

The logo of course represents the company's drive toward universal motorization with its engines dominating the land

three days after the initial Normandy landings

as the top and left edges were overpainted

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore and Muzzle Cover - Serial 42907 U.S. Edged Weapons and marked with a lovelyOriginal 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 low serial number 42907, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1892 1893.