Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 39226 British Ordnance A clumsy double barreled hunting

A clumsy double barreled hunting rifle was much too wieldy for use under those circumstances so Howdah pistols were introduced in order to provide a quick last ditch defense from the jaws of an oncoming tiger

• 2 x pairs of fur lined flying pants

The 16-inch Brass Swamped Blunderbuss Barrel has a steel tang and securing bolt the rises from beneath directly in front of the brass trigger guard

35 inches tall by 2

Trained for combat with B-17's

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 39226 British Ordnance A clumsy double barreled huntingOriginal 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