Original German / French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Converted to Carbine - Dated 1873 Featured Item MG 34 Complete Set Of

MG 34 Complete Set Of Right/Left Grip Plates And 4 Rivets

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Original German / French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Converted to Carbine - Dated 1873 Featured Item MG 34 Complete Set OfOriginal 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 Franco Prussian war of 1870 71. After the defeat the Prussians removed great quantities of the new French Needle fire rifles, which were a big improvement over the Dreyse Needle fire rifle, the Prussian equivalent that had been used during the war.