Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 15217 British Edged Weapons The gun we have is

The gun we have is a demilitarized AFV (armored fighting vehicle) version in which the pistol grip has been replaced by an electric solenoid for firing by remote control

Size is approximately US 7 (55/56cm)

German letterhead

) was a term colloquially applied to all rifles during the first half of the 20th century

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 15217 British Edged Weapons The gun we have isOriginal 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