Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Leather Sling - Serial 74001 Display Guns & Parts Sets Year of Manufacture: 1895

Year of Manufacture: 1895

There was some variation among the "commercial" bayonets made

with the original bakelite screw cap for storage inserted in place of a fuze

39 caliber octagonal barrel is 32" long and the rifle measures 47 1/2" in overall length

and the original tinted lenses are now in the packaging for the clear lenses

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Leather Sling - Serial 74001 Display Guns & Parts Sets Year of Manufacture: 1895Original 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