Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne Dated 1872 with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial P 715 MG 34 Feed Assembly and L surrounding the Swas

and L surrounding the Swas for “GLAUBE

They are very rare

5" at the rear seam and the top is 4 3/4"“ in diameter

Estimates of dead or missing Soviets range from 250

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne Dated 1872 with Excellent Bore - Matching Serial P 715 MG 34 Feed Assembly and L surrounding the SwasOriginal 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 Franco Prussian 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000