Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion French Holster the regiment was reduced to

the regiment was reduced to 300 men

Our metal non-firing BATF approved display gun is nothing short of stunning

This is a very rare bayonet and scabbard incorporating features later abandoned with the coming of World War One

rubber eyepiece

Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion French Holster the regiment was reduced toOriginal 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