Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets When informed that it was

When informed that it was in fact his younger brother Captain Israel Pellew

which became the standard for the entire British Military

with makers marking and WW2 date on back

Unlike most other British rifle-caliber small arms of the war

All parts of the gun are constructed in such a manner that it is impossible to assemble them improperly

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets When informed that it wasOriginal 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. No sooner had the defeat occurred the French started fighting among