Hey all, figured I post this one here finally. NES member NavelOfficer helped me acquire it so I should probably post it here. I was browsing the milsurp prices thread and came across a post from NevelOfficer who posted some interesting inventory from a shop local to him. Long story short he sent me some photos of a Berthier M16 rifle the shop had for a steal. I got in contact with the shop and a week later the rifle was at my FFL here in VT. For those unfamiliar, the French went into WWI with a 3 shot Berthier rifle and carbine, come 1917 they decided they needed more capacity and a 5rd magazine and corresponding clip was designed. The new model was designated the M16 and the carbines were put into service immediately. The rifles on the other hand were likely put into storage and never used in the war. My rifle appears to be from 1917. These rifles saw service into WWII but its likely my rifle was outside of Europe before then as it lacks some major upgrades that were done in the 20's. Its a really neat rifle to shoot. The enbloc system is very easy to use, much quicker than Mauser stripper clips. The 8x50 packs a wallop too.