Still, when the opportunity presented itself, the Fusil Modèle 1866 ... Am the very Model of a Modern Major General” from their comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. Alas, the Chassepot ...

"The 1866 model Chassepot rifle really marks the beginning of the shift from muzzleloading, external-hammer, shoulder arms to a real bolt-action rifle," American Rifleman contributor Kenneth L.