Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Cavalry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial B866 Russian Maxim 1910 Complete with leather sweatband and

Complete with leather sweatband and chinstrap it retains a substantial cloth pugaree

increasing the voltage on the capacitor and the needle reading as well

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Original case hardening can be seen in a few places

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Cavalry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial B866 Russian Maxim 1910 Complete with leather sweatband andOriginal Item: Only 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