Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 British Uniform as a common garment worn

as a common garment worn by the peasantry

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needle-rifle which in many ways outclassed any needle-rifle the Germans possessed

It sent half of its artillery to support the 70th Infantry Division

Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 British Uniform as a common garment wornOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 was a French service rifle of the 19th century. The first Gras rifles used by the French Army were a conversion to center fire 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