Original French Fusil Gras Modèle 1874 M80 Infantry Rifle by Tulle Arsenal Dated 1884 - Serial RT 60281 Snider Rifle Accessories including a brigade of Maryland

including a brigade of Maryland troops

This is a very early example

It features 13 aluminum keys that range from notes D up to B

The Chapelière Parisienne cap making firm in Paris was a known manufacturer for the Germans during their occupation of France

It was the first of the Austrio-Hungarian service rifles to introduce the feature of the clip dropping out of the bottom of the magazine when the last round is chambered

Original French Fusil Gras Modèle 1874 M80 Infantry Rifle by Tulle Arsenal Dated 1884 - Serial RT 60281 Snider Rifle Accessories including a brigade of MarylandOriginal item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 M80 was one of the primary French service rifle of the late 19th century. The Gras used by the French Army was an adaptation to metallic cartridge of the Chassepot Mle 1866 breech loading rifle, developed by Colonel Basile Gras. The first examples were in fact conversions of the Chassepot, replacing the needle fire system with a bolt action one. This is a lovely honest used example of the