Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle - Serial No 150924 Category_Martini-Henry Accessories and Canadian patent marks

and Canadian patent marks

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Waist width: 16

These numbers have no practical meaning for collectors at this point

The bayonet comes complete with its original brass mounted black leather  scabbard bearing multiple regimental markings

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle - Serial No 150924 Category_Martini-Henry Accessories and Canadian patent marksOriginal 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 150924, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1895 6. This