Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Brescia Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1884 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets and opened SACLANT headquarters in

and opened SACLANT headquarters in Norfolk

with a visible cartouche on the left group

It was specially manufactured by Windlass Steel crafts

the manufacturer

It has a built in compass in the center of the top and two brass posts on either side between which would hang a roll of brown note paper

Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Brescia Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1884 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets and opened SACLANT headquarters inOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian service rifle from 1870 1887. The M1870 was a single shot bolt action rifle chambered for the 10. 4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder. The M1870 was based upon the M1869 Swiss Vetterli but simplified for economy. Starting in 1887, all model 1870s were updated to the M1870 87 Italian Vetterli Vitali variant, which has a