Kropatchek     Rifles utilizing the Kropatchek tubular magazine system:     M1878 French Kropatchek M1878 French Kropatchek Gallery 2 M1884 French Kropatchek M1885 French Kropatchek   I.G. Mod 71/84 German Mauser Serbian Mauser-Milovanovich M1886 Portugese Mauser-Kropatchek M1887 Turkish Mauser Type 22 Japanese Murata M1884/87 Norwegian Jarmann   GENERALLY:  The Kropatschek tubular magazine system was designed and developed by Alfred von Kropatschek DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: MISC NOTES: FURTHER READINGS: (* means all who are seriously interested in this area should have!) *Rifles of the World , John Walter, DBI Books, 1993, pgs ______ *Military Bolt Action Rifles 1841-1918, Donald B. Webster, Museum Restoration Service, Alexandria Bay, NY, 1993, pgs ____ *The History and Development of Small Arms Ammunition, George A. Hoyem, VOL II-Centerfire Primitive and Martial Long Arms, Armory Publications, Tacoma, 1982 pgs ____