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French Fusils

By The Armorer on September 22, 2006 | | Comments (13)

Since SWWBO and I will be attending the Gunblogger Rendevous in Reno next month (still time to sign up - you just missed the cheap room rates), I thought I ought to remind people that I don't just sit in the basement taking apart obscure pieces of ordnance to play 'stump the chump' with you guys. Hey, c'mon, Cam Edwards will be there. Rub shoulders with celebrities..

I do have bangsticks.

Since I finally got around to getting a French flag to put behind my French rifles, I thought I'd throw those up - and let the grognards have the easy task of identifying them. The pics do overlap, no extra credit for double-counting.

As Neffi would observe -it's an expensive way to show off your bayonet collection...

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We can skip the "only dropped once" jokes. They've been done before - and half of these weapons are Legion veterans, anyway.

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By John of Argghhh! on September 22, 2006 1:17 PM
Heh. How lame is this... take away one joke and you guys are speechless. Simply.amazing. 8^)
 
By Murray on September 22, 2006 2:07 PM
My fathers ships team played the FFL at rugby in Sigon many many years ago. Most of them were German. Must have REALLY sucked to have ended up there after WWII. Royalist won in spite of some very dirty play... or possibly because of some very dirty play. Little fuzzy on the details.
 
By Gwedd on September 22, 2006 2:49 PM
Comrade John, Lovely rifles and all that, but where are the REAL weapons? The Charlevilles, et al, that won America her freedom and Napoleon an empire? Chassepots and Needle Rifles are all well and good, but any conscript can shoot one of those.... snark.... it's takes determination to engage with .69 buck and ball at 100 yards, then close with the bayonet to the "pas du charge".. Vive L'Empereur! L'Roi C'est Mort! Or some such thing..... I work with French best when it's laced with Absinth..... Respects, AW1 Tim
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 22, 2006 3:05 PM
AW1 Tim - the Charleville hangs on the North American Wall...
 
By GreyOps on September 22, 2006 3:18 PM
I heard the hardest part of French military training was learnig to say "I surrender" in 7 languages.
 
By GreyOps on September 22, 2006 3:18 PM
I heard the hardest part of French military training was learnig to say "I surrender" in 7 languages.
 
By MajMike on September 22, 2006 4:51 PM
ya takes away the one joke, then sez they're Foreign Legion bangsticks.... sorry, i got nothing. completely dry. not a joke to had for miles around.
 
By Neffi on September 22, 2006 5:43 PM
Charleville, eh? Looks like a repro to me... got the bayonet for it? The little one in the middle!
 
By Toluca Nole on September 22, 2006 6:51 PM
"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." "This is my BOOMstick!" --Ash
 
By Justthisguy on September 22, 2006 7:36 PM
Oh, y'all hush! Those are purty pieces, well kept and well-presented!
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 22, 2006 8:05 PM
It *is* a repro. I can't afford a real one. And it's the naval version. No bayonet.
 
By Marine6 on September 23, 2006 9:04 AM
I was under the impression that the appropriae flag to display with French weapons was a white bed sheet. Marine6 Sends
 
By ry on September 25, 2006 11:31 PM
10! (sound of thunder) Mwuahahahahaha! 10 Rifles!
 
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