Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 602
WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND A 10.4mm (VETTERLI RIMFIRE) BOLT-ACTION SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 1881 VETTERLI, serial no. 48726

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* WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND

A 10.4mm (VETTERLI RIMFIRE) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL '1881 VETTERLI', serial no. 48726,
circa 1882, with round 33 1/4in. barrel, octagonal breech, block and blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, brushed bright slab-sided receiver with rounded bolt-housing, loading aperture on right hand side, turned down bolt handle, walnut butt-stock with iron heel-plate, so-called 'sharp-shooter' double set triggers, spurred trigger-guard bow, walnut fore-end with square-cut chequering behind first barrel-band and complete with swivels and its iron clearing rod

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Estimate £300-500  € 333-555

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament