It is extremely dangerous to fire these weapons using modern ammunition and even low power. Based on photosI have seen online I am guessing it.
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The import mark on the barrel reads CAI ST.
Berthier m16 markings. 1916 update to the Berthier system of rifles and carbines marked a major improvement in the guns combat effectiveness really the first substantial overhaul to the design since it was developed in 1890. After being adopted for cavalry and artillery units in the early 1890s it was decided to produce a midlength model for colonial use and finally it was adopted for full French Army use in 1915 as the Mle 1907-15. 18667 Year of Manufacture.
MLE M16 Berthier Carbine Serial Number. The main reasons to own an M1892 is its sheer cool factor and its connection to the 20 th Centurys first great conflict. 27052020 Ive recently purchased a Berthier MLE M16 carbine and I was wondering what bayonet fits it.
Would the normal level bayonet fit it or any. 22082012 The Berthier used a 3-round Mannlicher-style clip which was much quicker and easier to reload and used the same 8x50R cartridge as the 1886 Lebel rifle. The nose cap is marked PL.
The right side of the barrel shank is marked MA and S 1915. A rechambering to the 75x54mm Mle 29 cartridge. Etienne has mostly worn off the receiver and there is a large M16 next to it.
The magazines were appropriately revised for the new rounds and the original Mannlicher approach was dropped in favor of a staggered Mauser charger-stripping system. The left side of the receiver is marked BC with the serial number and St Etienne MLE. With its massive solid receiver two piece stock and tubular.
27082003 On Berthier Rifles and Carbines the bolt triggerguard cleaning rod if they had one and stock were numbered to the serial number on the barrel while the bolthead had the last two numbers of the serial number of the weapon on it. We are now on Patreon. July 26 2017 Ian McCollum Bolt Action Rifles Video 24.
Despite this the French wound up cobbling together the majority of their Berthier rifles during rebuilds due to. The rear sight base is marked 3. The Berthier Mousqueton M16 differs with its five-rounds charger Mannlicher-type tin magazine protruding ahead of the trig-gerguard such as the Mosin-Nagant 1891.
The Berthier Mousqueton M16 All Berthier firearms evolved from the 1890 Mousqueton de Cavalerie and Carabine de Cuirassier 1890 having a three-round magazine concealed in the stock. 26072017 The Berthier Gets an Upgrade. 8mm Lebel Action Type.
The top of the buttplate is marked with a P in a diamond. Dirigible balloons and firearms proposed to modify the existing Fusil dInfanterie Modle 1886 Lebel. 06042021 mile Berthier a mechanical engineer for the Algerian Railway System Bureau des Chemines de Fer Algriens with one of the five subsidiary companies La Compagnie Bne-Guelma had two great passions in life.
The M16 was intended to be the standard production Berthier model. Bolt Action Clip Fed Five Round Magazine Markings. The two main elements of the upgrade were the.
13112002 Mine seems to be consistent with all the Berthiers described on this forum Serial number A D 45904 on the left side of the barrelreceiver and stamped on the stock behind the sling bar MAC 1929 on the right side with N markings on top. 27032017 Berthier M16 rifle Lebel Mle 1886 M93 M1892 Mousqueton Its not a hunting rifle though its lightweight and powerful cartridge might allow you to take a boche pig or a coyote Kaiser. The left side of the barrel shank under the wood is marked e CC a circled A a circled M and with the serial number.
This Berthier rifle was designed with a sho. At the range testing and review of a French Berthier Carbine model 1892 chambered in 8x50R Lebel made in 1895. 20042019 Berthier guns held a tenure that went throughout the interwar years and it was not until 1934 that the rifle underwent its final notable alteration.
The lack of markings on the barrel and receiver of a Berthier except for the M le 34 chambered for 75x54mm and the Turkish Forestry Carbine whose barrel shroud and new manufacture 1948 barrel covered up the older markings indicates a rifle that was never converted for the Balle N. Thomas showing off his new french lady.