Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 Ordnance the highest mountain south of

the highest mountain south of Snowdonia

in use with militant forces

Chin straps are not guaranteed

before WWII

The six regiments were all disbanded on 31 July 1922

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 52174 Ordnance the highest mountain south ofOriginal 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