Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial LL505 Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Exceptionally hard to find WWII

Exceptionally hard to find WWII or Cold War Era examples

which is today Litvínov in the Czech Republic

Some countries

and in several places there are holes in the shell

This indicates that it was originally shipped with the 4 3/4" barrel

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial LL505 Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Exceptionally hard to find WWIIOriginal 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,