Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 New Items Over the chamber it is

Over the chamber it is marked CROWN / ERFURT /1893

Very good screws and pins throughout

with an assault on Japanese forces in a jungle redoubt called the Matanikau River Pocket

the infantryman

On 24 December 1944

Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1874 - Matching Serial FG 94447 New Items Over the chamber it isOriginal 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