Vickers Rear Cover, Stripped, WW2, SELECT Brown Bess and many deep south arsenals

and many deep south arsenals maintained inventories pin fire cartridges and even offered the pistols for sale to officers

the screw will most likely require fitting

It was superceded in 1898 with the introduction of the Gew 98 rifle also in an updated version of the same caliber and many 88s were updated and then marked with a small "S" on the receiver ring to indicate it could be used with the upgraded ammunition

After the war the branch was rebuild as part of the Italian Army

Vickers Rear Cover, Stripped, WW2, SELECT Brown Bess and many deep south arsenalsOriginal Item: The rear covers of early Vickers guns had hollow ramps, but the milled out sections were soon abandoned, leaving the ramps solid. Machining time was reduced by this move. The SELECT grade look unissued