French Gras question

[Aragorn243]

I thought about it, came to the conclusion that I have an addiction and needed a fix. Called them up and it was gone. Had a funny feeling about it however and went up the next day anyway and sure enough, it was on the rack. It was a Cabela's rifle so I used points and a couple of gift cards and brought it home for less than $55 out of pocket. I love Cabela's.

It is an 1866/74/80 with an excellent but obviously dusty bore after taking the photos. All numbers match, even the cleaning rod. It is missing it's extractor which is the only drawback other than the missing plug I can find. Came with a Gras bayonet which doesn't match but is in excellent shape. All kinds of "crown" stamps in the stock. No one has ammo at the moment and I'm still trying to decide if I want to shoot it bad enough to pay $85 for a box of 20. It does manage to fit into my WWI rifles as they were issued to reserve troops and used to shoot down blimps. Evidently the cartridge worked well as an incendiary round.

I really like this rifle. I have to get some ammo for it. I found some good photos of the extractor and I may try to fabricate one. Finding one for sale isn't going to be easy.