Tabatière Mle 1857/67 rifle
Made by the Manufacture Impériale de Saint-Etienne c.1857 as a rifled musket, and converted c.1867 to be loaded from the breech.
17,5mm brass-and-cardboard centerfire cartridge, single shot breech-loader, the breech block swings open on the side and can be pulled backward on a spring-loaded guide to extract the spent round.
I like how the sights on this thing are like ‘point-blank’ and ‘way the fuck out there’.
Tabatière Mle 1857/67 rifle
Made by the Manufacture Impériale de Saint-Etienne c.1857 as a rifled musket, and converted c.1867 to be loaded from the breech.
17,5mm brass-and-cardboard centerfire cartridge, single shot breech-loader, the breech block swings open on the side and can be pulled backward on a spring-loaded guide to extract the spent round.
I like how the sights on this thing are like ‘point-blank’ and ‘way the fuck out there’.
French Tulle Arsenal Model 1917 semi auto rifle, circa World War I – World War II
from Rock Island Auctions
French Tulle Arsenal Model 1917 semi auto rifle, circa World War I – World War II
from Rock Island Auctions
French Model 1866 Chassepot needle rifle with bayonet.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
French Model 1866 Chassepot needle rifle with bayonet.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
Mannlicher Berthier Sniper