Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 British Antique Guns It would have been a

It would have been a death sentence for every man

Our M3 holster is made in heavy natural finish tan leather

have been studied extensively by historians

The scabbard is also mounted in silver with engravings

By September 1944

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 British Antique Guns It would have been aOriginal 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