Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 U.S. Militaria downed planes and finally multiple

downed planes and finally multiple photos of Paris with hand written dates of 1940

The blade is mounted in a very comfortable wood handle

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This is an exceptionally nice looking two-band Snider Short Musket

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 U.S. Militaria downed planes and finally multipleOriginal 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