Vickers Rear Cover, Stripped, WW2, SELECT Brown Bess opens and closes

opens and closes

It was superceded in 1898 with the introduction of the Gew 98 rifle also in an updated version of the same caliber and many 88s were updated and then marked with a small "S" on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

The Foster mount usually incorporated an arc-shaped I-beam rail as its rearmost structural member

Taken at the Battle of Batung Maru

on the 14 April

Vickers Rear Cover, Stripped, WW2, SELECT Brown Bess opens and closesOriginal 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