Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion French Holster rubber eyepiece

rubber eyepiece

Flanking fire by TDs was emphasized

Fuller of Minneapolis

and it made a splendid gift indeed

the regiment was reduced to 300 men

Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion French Holster rubber eyepieceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This lovely little brass mounted CAMEL carbine was issued for "Colonial Service", as indicated by the brass mounts, and 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 the German Dreyse Needle fire system. It was quickly surpassed however, principally by the British Martini