Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Machine Guns with die stamped steel construction

with die stamped steel construction

Technician 5th Grade Chevrons

but the name and 1943 date are clear

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Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Machine Guns with die stamped steel constructionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rare opportunity! We have had very few original Italian M1870 87 Vetterli firearms which were not upgraded later for 6. 5mm Carcano. Most previous examples were rifles, but this is a rare Engineers "short rifle" only 43 inches in length. These were never issued in large numbers, and as they were not really "Front line" weapons, apparently this example escaped WWI Era conversion, though it was converted