Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial Z612 German Replica and we rarely see them

and we rarely see them with this much authentic period wear

a the "steel pot"

which can be found in some plastic scale-model kits

North Vietnam began to move troops into areas of eastern Laos in support of the Pathet Lao

supplemental issue firearm for the Union Army until the Colt factory fire of 1864

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial Z612 German Replica and we rarely see themOriginal 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,