Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1872 - Matching Serial No 32050 Sales The early stone-bows usually had

The early stone-bows usually had relatively thin metal bows that were bent (cocked) by hand

but the German Army

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The rear barrel band was therefore modified in 1890 to include a rear sight protector

These holsters are not the cheaply made knock-offs so often encountered

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1872 - Matching Serial No 32050 Sales The early stone-bows usually hadOriginal 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