Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1867 - Serial F 29953 Category_Feed Block Assembly The rifled barrel it has

The rifled barrel it has definitely increased the accuracy compared to earlier versions as well

the USGI that captured this bayonet was a member of the USAAF

It features a very nice set trigger as well

There is a name or message on the reverse but we cannot read it

worn by USAAF pilots in Europe and the Pacific

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1867 - Serial F 29953 Category_Feed Block Assembly The rifled barrel it hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite the fact that the French needle fire Chassepot rifle was far superior to the needle fire Prussian Dreyse rifle, the French took a swift and decisive beating in the Franco Prussian war of 1870 71. In fairness to the French, the defeat was due to Napoleon III's foolhardiness in allowing himself to get captured at the Battle of Sedan and the show was then over. During and after the conflict, about 665,000