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FRANCOTTE / A LIÈGE indicating manufacture by the famous Belgian gunmaker Auguste Francotte
What makes this special however is the old museum or collector attached to the central cord grip of white metal engraved:
The Swiss Vetterli rifles combined the American Winchester Model 1866's tubular magazine with a regular bolt featuring for the first time two opposed rear locking lugs
Most likely this is not the first regimental mark this rifle has borne
Original French MLE 1866-74 Gras Infantry Converted Rifle Made in 1868 - Matching Serial G 5779 Cannons & Mortars FRANCOTTE / A LIÈGE indicatingOriginal 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
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