Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle Serial No 188776 - 10.4×38mm MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and barrel together with a

and barrel together with a deactivated genuine 20 round magazine and a new made leather sling

Both the M16 and M18 saw use by the German Army during WW1

Complete with all steel ram rod and sling swivels

and with the slider at any elevation

so it is still a quite vibrant white

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle Serial No 188776 - 10.4×38mm MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and barrel together with aOriginal Item: Only One Available. Introduced in 1867, the Vetterli rifle system utilized the "Winchester" tube magazine system for cartridge storage under the barrel. The original 1867 model had an external hammer, like a Winchester, but in 1868 this was changed to an internal cocking bolt spring. The cleaning rod was moved to the side of the rifle, but this proved problematic, so the model of 1869 moved it back to the under barrel position. In 1871,