French cartridge for the M66 Chassepot Rifle.

Displayable two-piece paper cartridge for the Chassepot Rifle. The paper wrapped bullet is tied to a separate piece containing the powder charge. There is some staining and only 25% of the fine mesh linen cover on the powder charge remains.

Reference: Hoyem Pg. 108

The Chassepot was France’s first “modern” bolt action rifle, and was adopted in response the Prussian adoption of the Dreyse “Needle Gun”. Both rifles were in fact “Needle Guns”, with very long, thin firing pins that penetrated a self-contained, combustible paper cartridge to detonate the primer. Both rifles had a reputation for being somewhat fragile, as the needle firing pins were easily broken in service. The Chassepot was an 11mm rifle (about .44 caliber), making it one of the first nationally adopted military rifles to adopt a modern “small bore” caliber. The Chassepot was the standard French military long arm from its adoption in 1866, through 1875, when it was replaced by the metallic cartridge M-1874 Gras rifle.  [jet][ph:jet]

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