Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Belgian Reworked Serial No 16920 Category_Blunderbuss Rear Admiral the Hon'ble FRANCIS

Rear Admiral the Hon'ble FRANCIS FARRINGTON GARDNER His Wife Catherine and his son Charles Gardner 1814

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complete with spare magazine poch

The belt hanger was a clip-on affair that was cheap and easy to replace

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Belgian Reworked Serial No 16920 Category_Blunderbuss Rear Admiral the Hon'ble FRANCISOriginal 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