Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1868 - Matching Serial No 33103 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The serial Number has an

The serial Number has an E suffix to denote that it was FACTORY ENGRAVED

Cavalry and Naval officers during the Russo-Japanese War and WWII

year of manufacture is unknown but they are vintage

The painting is faded in places

The liners are brand new reproductions of specially treated canvas

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1868 - Matching Serial No 33103 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The serial Number has anOriginal 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