Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1881 Magazine Infantry Rifle Serial No 225412 - 10.35 x 47mm Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets making this a great collector

making this a great collector piece

Used but good condition

though one has been partially replaced

but was superseded by the M13 and M13A1

The top cover bears serial number 6364 on this very fine example of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1881 Magazine Infantry Rifle Serial No 225412 - 10.35 x 47mm Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets making this a great collectorOriginal 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,