Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The rifle has been expertly

The rifle has been expertly restored to an excellent condition

5” and very heavy at 10 lbs

Vitali - his surname making it into the revised designation of Model 1870/87 "Italian Vetterli-Vitali"

5mm (4 Bore) signal pistols were issued to Luftwaffe aircrews in order to give them a method of communication that did not rely on their radio transmitters

In the late 1790s it became apparent that revolutionary France

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The rifle has been expertlyOriginal 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