While I was at InterOrdnance unpacking French rifles, I took the opportunity to pull out a couple different examples of Gras Cavalry Carbines to show the differences between original French production examples and Belgian commercial conversions. What we will see today are how to recognize:

- French Mle 1874 and Mle 1866-74 Gras cavalry carbines
- French Gras infantry rifles cut down to cavalry carbine configuration
- French Gras rifles cut down and put into cavalry carbine stocks
- French Gras carbines put into cut-down infantry rifle stocks
- Totally weird oddballs