Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 9550 Receiver Top Cover destroyed machine gun nest

destroyed machine gun nest

Bore is decent rated at a 8+ with bright crisp lands and grooves

or at the very least deprived of their transport and heavy weapons

The liner is in solid condition with signs of age but overall in good supple condition

Prussian eagle helmet plate (stained and corroded)

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 9550 Receiver Top Cover destroyed machine gun nestOriginal 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