Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Price_$-00 - $30 these mounts attached to the

these mounts attached to the Rifle's receiver in two predrilled threaded holes on the left side of the bolt with two large hand rotated wheels for easy and quick assembly

one on each side of the receiver

and is located beneath a crown proof

Making these special silk cords could take many months of steady work

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Price_$-00 - $30 these mounts attached to 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