Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 Barrels The grip is a wood

The grip is a wood base covered in blue Moroccan leather

The reverse is marked in ink R

Meron Costroff

and armor-piercing ammunition introduced just prior to the outbreak of hostilities

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 Barrels The grip is a woodOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock