Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle with Sling - Serial Number G 67472 Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly for Keyston Bros

for Keyston Bros

The wood grips are also in very good condition with a few small cracks and chips

Used in raids against the Imperial Russian trenches on the Eastern Front in WWI

After the target had been successfully bombed

Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle with Sling - Serial Number G 67472 Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly for Keyston BrosOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") is also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893. It is an 8 mm bolt action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. The Lebel rifle has the distinction of being the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. The new propellant powder, "Poudre B," was nitrocellulose