Portuguese Kropatschek Rifle

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Picked this up at a nearby gun show on Saturday. Pretty decent condition but missing it's hand guard. It may have been removed in service because they only used them in the tropics but I'd like to find a replacement for it. As sold, the lifter did not work and it was a single shot. Quick fix, took the tube out which I suspected was holding the lifter. It was not. I turned the rifle upside down to look and an 8mm Mauser cartridge fell out. Lifter now works. Someone probably heard they took an 8mm cartridge and stuck it in the magazine somehow, not sure how it stayed in long enough to get under the lifter though. The bayonet I already had for once.

It has stock cartouches but they are very faint. Not anything recognizable other than the circles. Bore in very good condition, firing pin and extractor present and not broken.

Any ideas on what type of sling to put on it?

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