Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display LMG with Magazine - Matching Serial No. 148169 Russian Headgear and is in beautiful condition

and is in beautiful condition

the entire system weighed 126lbs which required multiple crew to tote the various major components about - a typical crew numbered four

for manufacture by Stolla's Söhne

indicating that the soldier probably held it one-handed

The T-shaped spine of the bayonet is marked Mre d'Armes de St

Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display LMG with Magazine - Matching Serial No. 148169 Russian Headgear and is in beautiful conditionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction, this is an incredible Inert Fusil Mitrailleur Modle 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display Gun, with matching serial number 148169. It was built from all original parts on an original BATF compliant non firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal inert machine gun. This receiver was created by using portions of the original torch cut receiver, including the barrel bushing,