Original French Gras Cavalry Carbines are now on sale! C Grade Cavalry Carbines at a huge discount
The cavalry carbines are in poor to fair condition. Metal has some patina and/or rust pitting. Most of the finish is worn on these rifles. The wood is will have the typical dings, dents, scratches, etc of military used firearms. The stocks may have significant wear and/or cracks at the wrist, near the buttplate, etc. May be missing large chunks of the stock. Some of the stock are Ethiopian made replacements. May be missing some parts such as a barrel band, sling swivel, front sight, etc. Does not include a cleaning rod. The bolts are not guaranteed to be functional and may have a weak striker spring and/or missing extractor, extractor spring, etc. Please note some of the barrels on these carbines have some damage near the muzzle such as a dented muzzle or bulged barrel. Trigger spring may be broken. There are both 1874 and 1866-74 Chassepot conversions in this batch, the vast majority are 1874 marked receivers. Don’t miss this chance to get a Gras carbine at a huge discount! These carbines are for parts guns and/or restoration projects. Please look at detailed pictures and the video below.
Please note: the rear sight will be missing on C grade condition Gras carbines.
The firearms are considered an Antique and no FFL is required. Photo ID required for age verification. Please send a photo of your ID to [email protected] along with your order number. Thank you for your business
A Brief History of the Chassepot Fusil Gras rifles:
The Chassepot (pronounced “shas-poh”), officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt action military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. It replaced an assortment of Minié muzzleloading rifles many of which were converted in 1864 to breech loading (the Tabatière rifles). A great improvement to existing military rifles in 1866, the Chassepot marked the commencement of the era of modern bolt action, breech-loading military rifles. Beginning in 1874, the rifle was easily converted to fire metallic cartridges (under the name of Gras rifle), a step which would have been impossible to achieve with the Dreyse needle rifle.
If you would like to see an in depth restoration of one of our B Grade Gras Cavalry Carbines, check out this video from Surplus Restoration!
If you would like to see this video as a condensed version, check this video out as well!
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4 reviews for C Grade Mle 1874 Fusil Gras Cavalry Carbine
Mdsn (verified owner) –
Thoroughly surprised, rifle came w complete rear sight, strong rifling, hardly any rust or grime at all, feeding tray and chamber are smooth, no wire wheeling, for 100 bucks roll the dice
GregGardner (verified owner) –
Well its been a very Merry Christmas as the RTI gods have smiled down upon me. I purchased this French Fusil Gras Calvary carbine strictly as a wallhanger and I’m well versed in the lore and legend of Royal Tiger Imports so my expectations were not high for what I assumed was clearance C-grade. My my I open up the box and this rifle is actually not filthy, nor falling apart and actually exceeded my expectations. I think its actually much less filthy than the much more expensive K98k I purchased from RTI in 2020, maybe these were kept in the “good shed” with 50% less goats by volume? Metal is a little rough but that’s to be expected and irrelevant for my purpose, but the bolt actually functions and this even came with the rear sight which it should not have per the description (this sight almost looks “aftermarket “to me and almost appears to be newer than the rest of the rifle). The stock had two repairs but the one just behind the receiver was extremely well done the other acceptable in the front where there is a bit of stock missing. Incidentally it did come with a trigger which appears to be missing in the picture so I assumed they all were or most were as such. The bore is actually not a sewer pipe surprisingly and by a professional this whole thing could probably be restored. Thanks RTI.
Oh and one more thing, in 2020 when my K98k arrived at the FFL it came in a box with zero padding which the FFL pointed out and said “hey this is how it came I didn’t drop it” etc. Fortunately that veteran was tough enough to not break or split but it was a WTF moment, esp at the price point. This Fusil Gras was wrapped in a piece of cardboard, taped, and then dropped into a similar box for shipping. I shook it up before opening and it appears this small detail really helped and impressed me that RTI upped its shipping game at least on such a cheap item ($99).
zackarysmith (verified owner) –
Was happy with what I got a 1866-74 chassepot conversion it was missing the rear sight and stock is very shrunken but a good restoration project everything else was complete and had very nice rifling I put an order in for a second so fingers crossed on a good stock but would recommend these for a restoration or wall hanger and they are just awesome from a very interesting part of firearms development and history.
Barry Bardeaux (verified owner) –
Got 2 of these on the $99.sale,one was missing the back sight and the cleaning rod,shrunk unoriginal stock crappy rifling and really rusty.the other one came with the back sight but no slider on it,good bore and ok rifling and really nice bolt that after cleaning locks up nice and tight.again, really rusty.you have to remember these are 150+years old and were probably not stored properly so don’t expect a shooter.that being said, these are awesome restoration projects and I’m very happy with what I received from RTI