Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 Martini-Henry Rifles Hancock's II Corps on the

Hancock's II Corps on the Orange Plank Road

The regiment left New Caledonia on 21 January and landed on Guadalcanal three days later

The 8 finger leather liner is complete and in supple condition with original closure string and original black leather chinstrap

upper end with pole slot header for hanging vertically

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 Martini-Henry Rifles Hancock's II Corps on 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