Original French Fusil Gras Modèle 1874 M80 with Brass Mounts - Dated 1883 U.S. Machine Guns with actual footage from the

with actual footage from the National Archives

The interior is marked with German WW2 maker's mark or code and year of production

1918] giving [the Americans] an average advance of three kilometers'

Most were used during the military trials by the soldiers of the Leningrad Front

Original French Fusil Gras Modèle 1874 M80 with Brass Mounts - Dated 1883 U.S. Machine Guns with actual footage from theOriginal item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 M80 was a French service rifle of the 19th century. The Gras used by the French Army was an adaptation to metallic cartridge of the Chassepot breech loading rifle by Colonel Basile Gras. The standard Gras infantry rifle had all steel furniture and the use of brass was reserved for weapons designed for Colonial Service as tropical conditions often hastened oxidation of the steel. This is a 7"