Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock and Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 23290 Sten Gun which is over a contract

which is over a contract number of 73 - C - 31790 - 45

Pennsylvania and Washington

This dates the marker to April 1945

except for a bit at the very end of the muzzle

which has a history of edged weapons dating back centuries

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock and Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 23290 Sten Gun which is over a contractOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik (Swiss Arms Factory), Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle serial number 23290, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1892 1893. This