Original Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 Bolt Action Magazine Conversion Rifle Serial 4383 with Bayonet - Dated 1873 NATION It remains there on permanent

It remains there on permanent display

Identification Tag and Chaplain Insignia

based on comparable examples known from Spanish New World archaeological sites

a role for which it was not entirely suited

so it was definitely made this way from the beginning

Original Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 Bolt Action Magazine Conversion Rifle Serial 4383 with Bayonet - Dated 1873 NATION It remains there on permanentOriginal Item: Only One Available. This Dutch Infantry Rifle was made by Stevens in Maastricht in the Netherlands, and is actually dated 1873. The model M 71 was a single shot 11mm rifle that was converted to a bolt action magazine rifle with a capacity of four rounds in 1891. This magazine system was introduced in 1888, derived from Vitali's improvements to the Italian Vetterli rifle, and led to the designation Beaumont Vitali M1871 88. Our example