Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 by St. Étienne with M1866 Saber Bayonet & Scabbard - Serial P 68655 Snider Rifles & Bayonets with a knurled central height

with a knurled central height adjustment knob

The lineage of the regiment's headquarters continues on in the form of the headquarters company of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

fin-stabilised

WWII memorabilia

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 by St. Étienne with M1866 Saber Bayonet & Scabbard - Serial P 68655 Snider Rifles & Bayonets with a knurled central heightOriginal 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 Franco Prussian 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000