Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets WWII Campaigns:

WWII Campaigns:

The Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land

its only detraction is the absence of its circular catch spring that tensions the powder catch when serving the gun powder

all that remained of the regiment

Originally it would have read FIELD / 233 HOLBORN

Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets WWII Campaigns:Original Item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 was a French service rifle of the 19th century. The first Gras rifles used by the French Army were a conversion to center fire of the Chassepot breech loading rifle by Colonel Basile Gras. This example was originally a needle fire Chassepot, the French ignition system introduced in 1866. It was a single shot bolt action rifle and was among the best of its kind at the type, being superior to