Description
complete with the internal spring and plunger
This example is also quite "vaulted" in design
It is constructed of wool with fold-down panels with squared scallops to the front and forward sides
The Jointed Ordnance or Screw Gun has an interesting history in British service
United States Army Air Forces
Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial JJ626 Russian Issue Equipment complete with the internal springOriginal 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,