Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2019 : Sale A0919 Lot 641
WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL M1881, serial no. 4005,

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* WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLAND

A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'M1881', serial no. 4005,
circa 1881 and of the so called 'Sharp-Shooter' variety 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, '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

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