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General >> Older threads >> Krag Carbine? http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1306096193 Message started by mauserdad on May 22^nd, 2011 at 8:29pm

Title: Re: Krag Carbine?
Post by Dick Hosmer on May 23^rd, 2011 at 1:29am

Not really - unlike .45-70 trapdoors, where a cut rifle barrel will be too fat - Krag carbines utilized the rear 22" of the 30" rifle barrel, so there is no re-tapering issue. Also, there is no mistaking an original Krag front sight. Those that look bad are bad.