Original French Gras Cavalry Carbines are now on sale! B 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 great for parts guns and/or restoration projects. Please look at detailed pictures and the video below.

Please note: the rear sight may missing on the B 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 ffl@rtifirearms.com 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!