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MORE Mle1884 French Kropatchek           The single-shot / repeater lever       Portugese M1886 Kropatchek, above French M1884 Kropatchek, below     M1886 French Lebel, the ammunition changed everything, the first smokeless military ammo.  The rifle itself, a tubular magazine repeater,  is pretty blase' for the times.