![]() However, is still offered far better accuracy, range and reliability than every other infantry rifle in use worldwide. Tip the rifle the wrong way while operating the bolt, and your cartridge would fall out on the ground. While this magazine had a greater capacity than the vertical magazines of its day (which held 3-6 rounds depending on the design), it really hurt the balance of the rifle, and its did not hold cartridges securely while they were lifted up and chambered. It was based on the 1878 Gras/Kropatschek rifle, and used an 8-round tubular magazine mounted in the stock below the barrel and a standard dual-locking-lug bolt. ![]() This was a huge leap in arms technology even though the rest of the 1886 rifle design was not particularly innovative. The 1886 Lebel rifle holds an important place in history as the first service rifle to use a smokeless powder cartridge (the 8x50R Lebel). Thanks to our friend Hrachya, we have original French language ones for both the M1916 Berthier and the M1886-93 Lebel. Since I spent yesterday talking about my new Turkish converted Berthier rifle, I figured it would be a decent idea to upload a couple manuals for the mainstay rifles of the French Army during WWI, the Lebel and Berthier.
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