Swiss Schmidt-Rubin rifles do not have the date of manufacture stamped on any of the rifle parts, so determining when the rifle (and mismatched parts, if any) were manufactured must be determined from the serial numbers. No Sales to California, Hawaii or Alaska. Receiver, barrel and lifter appear to be numbers matching. Left side of the reciever is marked with the Swiss Cross over 'Waffenfabrik/Bern' with the serial number and model. Source: Manufacture Dates of Swiss Schmidt-Rubin Rifles Rifle is equipped with a barleycorn front sight and tangent rear. Not much history is found on this carbine but original vetterli carbines are rare and hard to come by. This carbine features matching numbers to the reciever on the barrel, buttplate, bolt handle, bolt housing, and loading tray. All original uncleaned condition with light surface oxidation mixed with patina but NO pitting so will clean up nicely. 41 SWISS (10.4 x 38) RIMFIRE MILITARY RIFLE. serial number matches every where I can find one except the bolt/safety shroud part, functions, fine. Starting with K31 serial number 868,901, beech wood rather than walnut wood was used for making the stocks. Lovely original Swiss vetterli M81 Modified to carbine chambered in. 41 SWISS (10.4 x 38) RIMFIRE MILITARY RIFLE. Remington 870, 700, 1100 Serial/Barrel Number Lookup Remington Serial/Barrel Number Lookup enables you to check when your Remington firearm was manufactured. bore shows rifling, hoiwever it is very dark. (Recognisable by “+CM” markings instead of the usual “+CN” markings) This experiment proved unsuccessful. Stocks made from laminated plywood were tested, but rejected.ĭue to supply shortages, Chromium Molybdenum Steel was use in place of Chromium Nickel Steel on various parts. The magazine was made from hardened steel. The other bolt parts are all stamped with the assembly number (13) so I assume these parts are original to the gun. The receiver was made from hardened steel. One matches the rifle serial number (99201) but there is a second number on the body of the bolt (47959).