Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 U.S. Militaria The blade is mounted in

The blade is mounted in a very comfortable wood handle

was built in 1930

Mark I helmet in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the U

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Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 U.S. Militaria The blade is mounted inOriginal 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