Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle Serial DC 8073 made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1889 m Third-rate ships

Third-rate ships

Lincolnshire in England sometime in the 1990's

In the late fall of 1944

with very nice pebbling on the pommel and collar

Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle Serial DC 8073 made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1889 m Third-rate shipsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian service rifle from 1870 1887. The M1870 was a single shot bolt action rifle chambered for the 10. 4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder. The M1870 was based upon the M1869 Swiss Vetterli but simplified for economy. Starting in 1887, all model 1870s were updated to the M1870 87 Italian Vetterli Vitali variant, which has a