Original Italian Thumb Trigger 11mm Trials Rifle Serial 166 by Glisenti-Pieri of Brescia - Circa 1870 German Field Equipment Holster comes in light brown

Holster comes in light brown leather

and many screws and other parts have shortened number 75

The tight mechanical tolerances of the design actually made the action “suck” itself back together

south-west Germany

F) lever alongside the rotary hand crank handle

Original Italian Thumb Trigger 11mm Trials Rifle Serial 166 by Glisenti-Pieri of Brescia - Circa 1870 German Field Equipment Holster comes in light brownOriginal Item: One of a Kind. We have never seen one of these before, however it bears a serial number of 166 on both bolt and barrel, the receiver not being marked. "IN THE WHITE", never having any blue finish whatsoever rather indicates that this rifle was a factory made sample of this very rare ignition system utilizing a thumb trigger at the rear of the bolt and not beneath the action, making conventional trigger and trigger guard unnecessary.