Original Antique French WWI Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 M16 Upgraded Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1892 - Serial F 16875 Japanese Field Gear 303 caliber knife bayonet

303 caliber knife bayonet

To ease the integration of replacement troops

with just some wear and light oxidation in places

This rifle certainly saw a heavy amount of service

and this dates to the Napoleonic Wars of the 1790's

Original Antique French WWI Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 M16 Upgraded Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1892 - Serial F 16875 Japanese Field Gear 303 caliber knife bayonetOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock