Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1869/71 Infantry Magazine Rifle Serial No 60993 - 10.35 x 47mm US Civil War Our example is marked Manufacture

Our example is marked Manufacture Impériale de Chatellerault Mars 1855 on the spine of the blade

On 26th February 1876

Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit (In Memory of My Service Time)

and some Philadelphia Deringers had no sights at all

with the brass retaining most of the silver wash

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1869/71 Infantry Magazine Rifle Serial No 60993 - 10.35 x 47mm US Civil War Our example is marked ManufactureOriginal 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,