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This weapon, sometimes called the Mannlicher Berthier, together with the Lebel, and Mannlicher Berthier Rifles were the standard service weapons of the French Army until the 1930s. This weapon, designed by French Designer Berthier, utilises the Lebel Bolt action together with the Mannlicher magazine system. This Carbine was made at Chatelleraut in 1903.
Weapon No 112
Rifle 8 mm M07/15
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The bolt is designed in two pieces. The bolt on a Lebel or Berthier requires a screwdriver to withdraw it from the rifle and is therefore more clumsy to dismantle. It has the three round Mannlicher magazine, the sides being covered by the wood stock. There is no cut-off or safety-catch. Manufactured at Saint-Etienne in about 1916. France purchased the single-shot rolling block Remington rifles, chambered for the 8 mm Lebel cartridge. Remington at the same time also produced 8 mm M07/15 rifles for the French during World War 1. This is another Berthier design rifle.
Weapon No 113
Carbine 8 mm M1916
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Another Berthier weapon. The bolt is similar to that on the Lebel Rifle M1886, with the locking lugs turned through 90 degrees to feed from the Mannlicher type magazine. This has a five round magazine which protrudes below the stock, and must be clip fed. This weapon was also made at Saint-Etienne.
Weapon No 114
Rifle 6.5 mm Daudeteau
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A completely new design proposed by the St-Denis Company in Paris to the French Navy for trials during the 1890s. Chambered a parallel-sided semi-rimmed case, with a long round-nose small calibre FMJ bullet. Loaded through the top of the action via a peculiar curved 5-round stripper clip, similar in operation to the Swiss Schmidt-Rubin type. Declined by the French Navy, the Daudeteau case was often necked out to 8 mm as a hunting round, sold under the name Rival. Uruguay sent a batch of single-shot Mauser 1871 carbines to St-Denis at the end of the 19th Century, to be updated with 6.5 mm Daudeteau chambers and barrels, but still single-shot, without the box magazine.
Weapon No 115
Carbine 8 mm Daudeteau
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This is the Carbine version of Weapon No 114. A civilian hunting rifle firing the Rival round.
Weapon No 116
Rifle MAS 7.5 mm M1936
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One of the last rifles produced by the French before their collapse in World War 2. The last modern bolt-action rifle to be introduced by a major army, the MAS 36 was intended to be passed down to second-line troops when the MAS 40 Autoloader completed trials and entered production. One particularly interesting feature is the modified Mauser type magazine that permits the removal of the bottom plate. A box magazine with larger capacity may be fitted.
Weapon No 193
Rifle Chassepot M/66
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A duplicate of Weapon No 38.
Weapon No 470
Rifle ll mm 'Chatelleraut'
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Details as for Weapon No 41.
Weapon No 471
Rifle ll mm 'Chassepot'
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This rifle is a later model of Weapon No 38.
Weapon No E:02.0157.13
Rifle - Barrel and Receiver Chassepot
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These are the main components of a Chassepot Rifle Model 1866 re-worked to fire the 11 mm centrefire metal cased ammunition designed for the 1874 Gras rifle. Barrel stamped "manufacture imperiale St Etienne".
Serial Number - K30421, Museum Number - E:02.0157.13