Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts shortly before the Battle of

shortly before the Battle of the Bulge

however this fine Swiss-made example is actually marked CORPS OF ENGINEERS U

so the condition is very nice

such as in this case

the trunions

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts shortly before the Battle ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are really hard to find! In 1836 JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE designed this breech loading cartridge system while the rest of the world were still using muzzleloaders. These were called Zndnadelgewehr, which translates roughly as "ignition needle rifle". These were adopted by the Prussian Military in 1841, and called the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841("light percussion rifle Model 1841"), with the name