circa 1910, by the " Manufacture Francaise D'armes et cycles de Saint-Etienne ( Loire)"
as the "Modele de la Societe Nationale de Tir"
which society was the French combined equivalent of the British
National Rifle Association and the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs
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More details of this 6mm calibre French training rifle are to come shortly
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The eagle-eyed reader will have spotted the similarity between the fore-sight fitted to the Lebel and that of the British War Office Pattern Miniature Rifle. They appear to be one and the same!
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