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Variations on Gras Cavalry Carbines & Conversions from Ethiopia (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2024-01-07 12:00:01 +0000 UTCWhile I was at InterOrdnance unpacking French rifles, I took the opportunity to pull out a couple different examples of Gras Cavalry Carbines to show the differences between original French production examples and Belgian commercial conversions. What we will see today are how to recognize:
- French Mle 1874 and Mle 1866-74 Gras cavalry carbines
- French Gras infantry rifles cut down to cavalry carbine configuration
- French Gras rifles cut down and put into cavalry carbine stocks
- French Gras carbines put into cut-down infantry rifle stocks
- Totally weird oddballs
Comments
Michael Jarrett
Guess I'm one of the few. Thanks for an interesting video!
Ian W
Did the Belgians also make new new production stocks? I have an RTI Gras carbine that appears to have the brass hardware for the infantry rifle stock, but does not have the wood plug with the property stamp or the filled in barrel band spring channel.
Ed McEneney
Thank you Ian and team. Really interesting! I look forward to the luxurious “Director’s Cut” edition.
Adrian Colwill
Make that 5!!
Thomas Batha
This is very interesting especially since I really enjoy making a military gun "talk" and the detective work involved in making it so. Wish I could get some kind of printed version of this to insert in my copy of Chassepot to Famas.
Guido Schriewer
sure weird oddballs. those are french.
Cleo45
You undersell yourself Ian! This is exactly the sort of detail I always hope for when looking at milsurps that I know little about. The subtle variations in the Gras carbines would have been hard to get my head around without a side-by-side visual and your comments to help sort through them. Buyers of these carbines now have a very clear idea of what they are getting and/or asking for! Thanks again
Aaron Black
Your wrong sir, there are at least 4 people who found it very cool!😅
