Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire M1874 Baden Border Guard Rifle by F. v. Dreyse Sömmerda with Replacement Stützen Stock - Serial 14344 Brunswick Rifle Markings on the Telescope:U

Markings on the Telescope:U

Features a brass "flat" butt plate

however they were definitely purpose made

sturdy counterattacks by the 104th Infantry—at the point of the bayonet and in hand-to-hand combat—succeeded in driving the enemy out with serious losses

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire M1874 Baden Border Guard Rifle by F. v. Dreyse Sömmerda with Replacement Stützen Stock - Serial 14344 Brunswick Rifle Markings on the Telescope:UOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are really hard to find! In 1836 JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE designed this breech loading cartridge system while the rest of the world were still using muzzleloaders. These were called Zndnadelgewehr, which translates roughly as "ignition needle rifle". These were adopted by the Prussian Military in 1841, and called the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841("light percussion rifle Model 1841"), with the name