Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage nicely shell stamped on the

nicely shell stamped on the skirt over the right ear - 44811

Named to officer WILLIAM F

At first look this is a highly desirable Martini Henry cavalry carbine dated 1883 and stamped as manufactured by Enfield in North London

The School for Scandal and A Trip to Scarborough

This plating remains bright

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage nicely shell stamped on theOriginal 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