Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2020 : Sale A1220 Lot 703
WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND A 10.4mm (VETTERLI RIMFIRE) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL M1871 VETTERLI, serial no....

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* WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND

A 10.4mm (VETTERLI RIMFIRE) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'M1871 VETTERLI', serial no. 77185,
circa 1874, with blued 33 1/4in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, tubular bolt-action receiver, the bolt with turned down handle, side loading aperture, tubular underbarrel magazine, walnut butt-stock and full-length fore-end square chequered for the first section (rubbed) and concealing the magazine tube, blued furniture, plain trigger, complete with a jag-ended clearing rod, the whole expertly refinished

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Estimate £300-500

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