FRANCE, Second Empire Manufacture Impériale de SAINT-ETIENNE Chassepot infantry rifle, model 1866. Rifled barrel. Caliber 11 mm. Adjustable rise. Markings "S. 1867" and N° "F. 83850". Iron fittings. Walnut barrel. Macaron on the stick "June 1867". Iron ramrod. Length of the barrel : 82.8 cm. Barrel: 82,8 cm Total length: 130 cm. Cleaned weapon. Some shocks and scratches to the wood. Barrel filled with grease. Gun of collection classified D. With a bayonet-sabre, model 1866. Marked "Manuf. Nle de Chatlt, sept. 1870" and N° "A 4012". Scabbard in blackened sheet metal. Wear and oxidation, shocks.