Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1873 Crimean War Anthony Carter's Reference EB42 appearing

Anthony Carter's Reference EB42 appearing on Pages 104-107 is the model we offer here

The "core" is a wooden block

- Portuguese Order of Military Merit

of rather crude construction

as well as some past oxidation

Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1873 Crimean War Anthony Carter's Reference EB42 appearingOriginal 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