Original French Lebel Fusil Mle 1886 M93 Lead Plugged Rifle by Tulle with Bayonet and Sling - dated 1890 French Edged Weapons but for a cross guard

but for a cross guard refit

You can identify it as such by the style of the bugle

giving rise to the Militia (or Marine) Pattern of 1756 and the Short Land Pattern of 1768

which added a cross bolt in the stock to make it stronger

The musket presents very well

Original French Lebel Fusil Mle 1886 M93 Lead Plugged Rifle by Tulle with Bayonet and Sling - dated 1890 French Edged Weapons but for a cross guardOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") is also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893. It is an 8 mm bolt action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its forestock tube magazine, one round in the transporter plus one round in the chamber. The Lebel rifle has the