Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 U.S. Militaria this spring forced the toggle

this spring forced the toggle to straighten up from its bent position

giving it a highly attractive iridescent sheen

He refused to leave the battlefield until the attacks had been repulsed

To achieve the higher velocity

The rim stiffener wire is almost completely exposed

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 U.S. Militaria this spring forced the toggleOriginal 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