Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Leather Sling - Serial 74001 Display Guns & Parts Sets French Fourragere Ceremony

French Fourragere Ceremony

as compared to the standard 35 inches of the official issue

Used for parade purposes only

It is maker marked with the same marking on the mask

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Leather Sling - Serial 74001 Display Guns & Parts Sets French Fourragere CeremonyOriginal 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 112429, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1894 5. This