Lebel Model 1886/93 Rifle
date: label: date made
content: 1899
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Lebel Model 1886 is an 8mm bolt action rifle with an 8 round tubular forestock magazine. It can hold up to 10 rounds with one in the transporter and another in the chamber. It was the first military rifle to use smokeless powder. Solidly built and reliable in the trench warfare, it was the favorite rifle of the French soldiers in World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Ordnance Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.29994
label: catalog number
content: 29994
label: accession number
content: 65029
label: serial number
content: 68193
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle, bolt action
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Center Fire; 8 Mm; Rifled; 06; 05; 05
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 130.81 cm x 8.89 cm