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Neat old Rifle
Sam06
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Kasey has a Portuguese Kropatschek Carbine for sale. These are really neat rifles.
Check it out
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/834596021
They were made by Steyr and were tube fed. The Portuguese really liked them. I ran into 2 examples of them when I was in DR Congo. I guess they had crossed the border from Angola. One was really rough but the other was still being used to shoot animals for market.
And another very cool gun for sale:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/831053143
These were very well made guns and highly regarded back before WW2. The 280 Ross cartridge was very powerful for its time right up there close to the 7mm Mag.
Check it out
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/834596021
They were made by Steyr and were tube fed. The Portuguese really liked them. I ran into 2 examples of them when I was in DR Congo. I guess they had crossed the border from Angola. One was really rough but the other was still being used to shoot animals for market.
And another very cool gun for sale:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/831053143
These were very well made guns and highly regarded back before WW2. The 280 Ross cartridge was very powerful for its time right up there close to the 7mm Mag.
RLTW
Comments
What a great old hunting rifle!
Yep, I kinda thought the same thing, but a quick search shows those shoot a .287 dia. bullet. Then another quick search shows that .287 bullets are readily available, so back to wanting it again!
I think you can make cases from Ruger 375 cases and Woodleigh make bullets but they are kind of spendy. Just getting the forming dies together would be expensive.
BTW the rear sight was only marked 500(Yards) because the rifle was so flat shooting you didn't need to compensate for range inside 500 yards
I hope whoever won it will take it out every once in a while a shoot it or even hunt with it.
Enjoy your new rifle.