Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1867 Military Art All the steel mounts are

All the steel mounts are a polished steel finish

[3] In the end of 1935 a punching press was imported from Germany to Bulgaria and installed at the Military Works in the town of Kazanlak

and leather or fabric cords could be adjusted to provide a comfortable fit

The set includes three torch-cut sections

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1867 Military Art All the steel mounts areOriginal 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