Michallon
Here a
school rifle of the type “La Française mod. 21”
as one can read it on the wood.
These
rifles were very popular at the end of the 19th century, and still after the
First World War. They were intended for the school battalions and the shooting
clubs (gathered within the Union of the Shooting clubs of France created in
1886).
They are
generally inspired by the silhouette of Lebel, with a bolt right or bent like
here. Their calibre is usually the 6 mm Flobert like models it presented for the
shooting to 10-12 m. On request, one could also have a version with a more
powerful ammunition to draw with 150-200 m. It would be necessary to examine the
rise of the model presented to determine the type.
These
school rifles were produced by about twenty manufacturers.
There was
also a former model, of 1894.
The
repertoire of French arms manufacture Jarlier-Buigné mentions Micheron in Blois
in 1931 and Micheron with Mâcon around 1931-1964.
GP with
the assistance of PHL and MD
