Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle - Matching Serial 31409 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly when WW1 interrupted transportation

when WW1 interrupted transportation

and is maker marked and dated on the blade: ATD 1943

There is an additional 98 date

Utah from Westward

It features a WWII USAAF insgina and is in excellent overall condition

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle - Matching Serial 31409 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly when WW1 interrupted transportationOriginal 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 31409, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1891 1892. This