Rifle with system "Cordier Minié", with percussion, a blow with reduced shooting. Round barrel of 41,5 cm, assembled on two long splints, with rise, punched " CC " (Charles Cordier) and numbered " 164 ". Round body hammer. Iron percussion cap, ramrod and fittings. Stock and barrel in walnut. Total length: 126 cm A.B.E. About 1860 (small accident to the wood). Firing far from the face with half-length of the weapon. Invented about 1861 by the co mmandant MINIE (School of shooting of Vincennes) and carried out by the arms manufacturer Charles CORDIER.

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