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Original French Gras rifles have finally arrived from Africa!
The rifles are in fair condition. Metal has some patina and/or rust pitting. The wood has some dents, dings and/or cracks.
Many of these rifles and carbines have the rear sight missing. We do have several grades available. We have 4 variations available: the full length infantry rifle, cavalry carbine, Gendarmerie carbine, and artillery carbine.
Bolts are all functioning and trigger mechanism works as well. These rifles are about 130 to 140 years old. The firearms are considered an Antique and no FFL is required.
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.
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6 reviews for B Grade Fusil Gras MLE 1874 Rifle
JASON RUSSELL (verified owner) –
Fast shipping.good packaging.better shape than I thought it would be in. Very happy with my purchase.as soon as the wife let’s go of my wallet I will be ordering from you again…..thank you.
Joshua Warriner (verified owner) –
Fast shipping and good packaging.
The rifle arrived rusty and dirty however with some evapo rust/re-bluing and elbow grease the rifle looks great. Rifling is still present and the rear sight is intact and slides. The only piece missing was the cleaning rod. I will definitely be purchasing from RTI again.
RobertLangowski (verified owner) –
Incredibly fast shipping and rifle was well packaged. It is extremely dirty and rusty,and is missing the rear ladder sight slider. Bolt functions well and there is some rifling still present in the bore.
noah.a.whitley (verified owner) –
Great rifle! Bolt functions well, cleans up well, rear sight is intact, came with cleaning rod, and probably the best functioning B-grade I received from RTI. Only disappointments are aggressive wire wheeling and one swing swivel is a bit loose. Other than that, looks and works great.
dunlapma0554 (verified owner) –
I was pleasantly pleased with the selection sent. For B Grade it is a solid rifle with no cracks in the stock. Hardware is all there except no cleaning rod and only partial rear sites as advertised. Bolt and firing pin are functional and perform effortlessly. Just needs a good scrubbing and cleaning. Should display nicely.
t0r0scorpio (verified owner) –
Well…not bad. It’s definitely a lot rougher than my other two RTI purchases. Cleaning it up made it look a lot better. The Red oxide was a lot harder to deal with this time. No more or less dirt than usual. Rear sight assembly was chewed off, which was expected. No cleaning rod and most interestingly, no M80 mark/groove. I also really liked that the stock was an original as it had the plug hole (Something I might fabricate for it) though it did have some weird holes in it, and other marks were kind of a bonus (Tulle instead of the common St Etienne), and that it is a late Chassepot made in 1873 and changed to a Gras in 1879. Functions are smooth. the Bolt was in pristine condition with a strong spring. the bore has rifling but looks…are better left unsaid. But it’s cool. I’ll just pretty it up like the other one.