Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 British Antique Guns and in the Nile Expedition

and in the Nile Expedition of 1898

A fascinating piece of New York Military history dating back to the War of 1812

have been studied extensively by historians

Our M3 holster is made in heavy natural finish tan leather

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 British Antique Guns and in the Nile ExpeditionOriginal 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