Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 Ordnance as did officers that presided

as did officers that presided over U

the clearing rods’ bulbous end was chamfered as it caused arms that were piled by troops to tangle

History of the MP44-

having bright nickel plating which still remains in 90% condition

2nd Baronet had his principal seat at NETTLECOMBE four miles south of WATCHET and all the villages mentioned lie is close proximity about eight miles north of BRIDGEWATER

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 Ordnance as did officers that presidedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite the fact that the French needle fire Chassepot rifle was far superior to the needle fire Prussian Dreyse rifle, the French took a swift and decisive beating in the war of 1870 71. In fairness to the French, the defeat was due to Napoleon III's foolhardiness in allowing himself to get captured at the Battle of Sedan and the show was then over. The Chassepot rifle of 1866 was a single shot bolt action rifle and