First Italian rifle acquisition!

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Hi all,
I'd like to share my first Italian rifle purchase with the group. Bought because the price was right and it looked in pretty good condition for a 19th Century rifle.

A little research has shown that I have an Italian Vetterli 1870/87/15 I believe. It has stamps showing conversion to 6.5mm in the Great War, and another for use by the AOI in WW2. I presume it came to Canada via British capture in East Africa. I can't find any dates, only a "4" below the Brescia stamp. Under the stock are a lot of inspection stamps with numbers in the 30's which might be dates I suppose, but I didn't photograph these while I was cleaning it all and stabilizing the rust.

Any info from the experts would be appreciated. I'm really pleased that a spur of the moment purchase turned out to have such a storied life.

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