Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 MG 34 Reciever Assembly This is an excellent example

This is an excellent example of the classic Springfield trapdoor Cavalry Carbine

however it was learned the next day that the partisans had picked him up

In researching this sight assembly we have found no references in any Bren Book and can only assume that these were a Middle Eastern adaption

which was originally fitted with smooth wood scales

COLONEL DON VENANCIO LOPEZ DE CEBALLOS Y AGUIRRE

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 MG 34 Reciever Assembly This is an excellent exampleOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock