Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr Dated 1886 - Serial L918 U.S. Holsters but does show significant rust

but does show significant rust damage to the steel body as well as the fittings

as well as in the military operations during the Chinese Boxer Rebellions from 1900 to 1901

and it has been sharpened several times

The only Allied automatic ordnance of any type with a similar calibre that was designed to exceed this rate of fire was the Soviet Union's

unlike the Model 1855

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr Dated 1886 - Serial L918 U.S. Holsters but does show significant rustOriginal Item: One one Available. In 1886 ALFRED VON KROPATSCHEK designed an 8mm rimmed cartridge rifle that became the fore runner to the French LEBEL. Known as the 1886 Kropatschek Rifle it's big customer was PORTUGAL. Production lasted from 1886 until 1898, however many saw service in the First World War and later in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel plated steel) of his design,