Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 14248 Snider Rifle Accessories These features were eliminated on

These features were eliminated on the M38/40 and MP 40

commanded Mutine

The Vetterli was also the first repeating bolt action rifle to feature a self-cocking action and a small caliber bore

fluted cylinder

At present

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 14248 Snider Rifle Accessories These features were eliminated onOriginal 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