Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1872 Martini-Henry Rifles this is exactly what we

this is exactly what we are offering: Genuine pre-1898 Nepalese manufactured P-1837 Brunswick Two Groove Rifles that have laid undisturbed for well over 100 years in far from perfect storage conditions in the Old Palace of Lagan Silekhana in Katmandu

The Martini-Henry is probably the most famous military rifle of the Victorian era incorporating the early short lever with 33" barrel in the new

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A fantastic original piece of WW2 history

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1872 Martini-Henry Rifles this is exactly what weOriginal 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