Original British Early 19th Century Man-O-War Model Brass Cannon German Machine Guns History of the Vetterli rifle:

History of the Vetterli rifle: The Vetterli rifles were a series of Swiss army service rifles in use from 1869 to circa 1890

This was an interesting concept that employed a separate trigger in the rear of the trigger guard to activate the spring bayonet

Only in the last three or four years

magazine catch and spring

was an entirely new Allin design as opposed to an Allin alteration of an existing model

Original British Early 19th Century Man-O-War Model Brass Cannon German Machine Guns History of the Vetterli rifle:Original Item: Only One Available. Dating from the early 1800s this is not a modern hobby item. This is a period hand made scale model (approximately 1: 24 scale) of one of Admiral Nelson's large cannons featuring a brass barrel and very high quality ships wood mount with carved bone blocks and tackle fittings. A perfect desk top display made approximately 200 years ago perhaps to celebrate the great Naval Victory at Trafalgar in 1805. Truly