Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial T768 Antique Guns no longer have any regimental

no longer have any regimental badges so can be tailored to any regiment you desire

are the only two glider field artillery units to make two glider assaults behind enemy lines during the Second World War

especially on a piece this old

which was normally reserved for officers

There is definitely powder burn around the cap bolster and on the lock plate

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial T768 Antique Guns no longer have any regimentalOriginal 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,