Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage she particularly cherished a special

she particularly cherished a special presentation

SETH PADELFORD

The threaded socket in the bottom of the body is for attachment of an auxiliary propellant increment for mortar use

This is the original

Purchased as part of a large Royal Navy collection

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage she particularly cherished a specialOriginal 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