11 mm Chassepot

11 mm Chassepot

The charge for the French jehlovku Chassepot mle 1866. The rifle and bullet have been a better design than jehlovka Dreyse rifle was later transformed into a metal hub with a central percussion Gras. Shot 25 g should have a muzzle velocity of 375 - 400 m/sec. On malůvce I see the shape of the projectile and the location of the matches in reinforced the bottom of the casing, which was eventually přelepeno paper disc. The right of the photo is the bullet 7,92 x 57, photo by author..
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