Description
with polished metal ends
as expressed in a letter from the United States Bureau of Alcohol
T/5 Stanley Hloucha
and also if issued to Sepoy units after the Indian Mutiny of 1857/8
raised oak leaf carrying bands
Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Gras Infantry Converted Balloon Troop Rifle - Made in 1871 US Civil War with polished metal endsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 M80 was a French service rifle of the 19th century. The Gras used by the French Army was an adaptation to metallic cartridge of the Chassepot breech loading rifle by Colonel Basile Gras. This example was originally a needle fire Chassepot, the French ignition system introduced in 1866. It was a single shot bolt action rifle and was among the best of its kind at the type, being superior to