Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 14248 Snider Rifle Accessories commanded Mutine

commanded Mutine

Miners' Dials

We have done some basic restoration using leather cleanser and conditioner

These features were eliminated on the M38/40 and MP 40

fluted cylinder

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 14248 Snider Rifle Accessories commanded MutineOriginal 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