Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1872 Martini-Henry Rifles The Martini-Henry is probably the

The Martini-Henry is probably the most famous military rifle of the Victorian era incorporating the early short lever with 33" barrel in the new

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Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle - Dated 1872 Martini-Henry Rifles The Martini-Henry is probably theOriginal 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