Wallaby Damned Posted November 21, 2024 Posted November 21, 2024 Friend of mine in South Africa sent this picture over of what, at first glance, looks to be a pair of French Lebel 1886 M93 rifles. What’s throwing me off is the square box that’s present on the right side of the receiver. Does anyone know what rifle and model I’m looking at?
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted November 22, 2024 Posted November 22, 2024 Could be a gras conversion, check out this video, 9 min mark. https://www.militaryrifles.com/france/m1885frenchkropatchek
Sedalia Dave Posted December 4, 2024 Posted December 4, 2024 On 11/21/2024 at 9:02 AM, Wallaby Damned said: Friend of mine in South Africa sent this picture over of what, at first glance, looks to be a pair of French Lebel 1886 M93 rifles. What’s throwing me off is the square box that’s present on the right side of the receiver. Does anyone know what rifle and model I’m looking at? Looks to be either an M1885 & M1874/85 French Kropatchek.
Wallaby Damned Posted December 5, 2024 Author Posted December 5, 2024 Yep! They noted same info in the video. Thanks for the picture I’ll send it on to my friend down that way.
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