We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:47:25 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Castle's Portuguese M1886 Kropatschek Rifle. The M1886 bears the distinction of being the first tubular magazine bolt-action rifle to use small bore smokeless powder ammunition, followed closely by the French, with the Lebel. The French took the basic Kropatschek design and developed it into their M1886, which they went to war with in WWI. Despite the French use of the rifle through the war, tubular magazine rifles, especially after the advent of the pointed "spitzer" bullet - weren't really all that popular with the troops. With blunt-nosed bullets (like the soft lead slugged black powder rifles) were okay... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:57:24 -0600 Doesn't Hornady make some Spitzer ammo for tube magazines, now, to get around this problem? Dang! I wish I'd bought a Winchester '94 while they still made 'em! Owhell, I think the Marlin equivalent is nicer. However, what I absolutely lust after among the lever-actions is a Savage 99 in .250-3000, with the rotary magazine. Just doing my best for thread veer, here. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html#comment-51863 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html#comment-51863 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:32:57 -0600 *important* part... the one on the left is nicely engraved on the spine STEYR 1886 (as is typical). The other has the spine markings scrubbed, though the ricasso still bears the early Steyr trademark... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html#comment-51859 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/something_soothing_amidst_all_the_politics.html#comment-51859 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:45:07 -0600