Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle - Serial Number A 4209 Nepalese Cache Extras a "Shield" and a capital

a "Shield" and a capital letter "M"

We would guess that the rifle was built using a "salvaged" receiver from an earlier rifle

binded with a leather edging

The steel hilt guard bears a Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria showing intertwined VR standing for Victoria Regina

Höchstpreis 8

Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle - Serial Number A 4209 Nepalese Cache Extras a "Shield" and a capitalOriginal 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