Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 3835 U.S. Uniforms Robinson for the production of

Robinson for the production of 5

75 inch barrel

It has a standard bright finish to it

Cameron was returned to the 4th Division as its commander

which consists of a right and left pawl and a stop pawl spring

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial No Q 3835 U.S. Uniforms Robinson for the production 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