Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No F20947 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly with a flared cup lip

with a flared cup lip instead of the rolled edge

M1 and M1A1 for use with motorcycles such as the Harley-Davidson WLA

these are the Spaceman style Fire Fighting Helmets issued to the British Military for combating fuel and chemical fires

Overall length is 20 1/2 inches with a 12 1/2 inch polished steel barrel

ornate gilt stirrup style guard and a camel's head pommel

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No F20947 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly with a flared cup lipOriginal 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