FIREARMS. FRANCE. Model 1853 T walnut rifle, round barrel with long thunderbolts stamped with the inspectors' markings, dated 1854, breech tail engraved "Mle 1853 T", fixed rear sight with graduated planchette allowing firing from 250 to 1100 m, rear lock made by the imperial factory at St-Etienne, iron ramrod, buttplate stamped "2 Z" (2e Zouaves), with reconstituted leather sling. L: 125 cm, barrel: 87 cm. Three small arsenal grooves around the lock. ABE