Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 171421 - 10.4×38mm Restoration Materials [1] It was later known

[1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B

making it difficult to determine the year

and some in the UK guarded that technology from American observers in 1940

Serial #111062 indicates manufacture in 1879

manufactured in late 1860

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 171421 - 10.4×38mm Restoration Materials [1] It was later knownOriginal 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,