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General >> Older threads >> Is this a special model of 1898 KRAG rifle? http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1319583018 Message started by Makinster on Oct 25^th, 2011 at 10:50pm

Title: Re: Is this a special model of 1898 KRAG rifle?
Post by Makinster on Oct 28^th, 2011 at 3:12pm

I believe this to be a "cut-down" Krag stock. The fore-end of the stock has long deep "lightening" slots milled down into the wood.
I have an original 1898 Krag rifle in excellent condition. I lay it and this one side-by-side, and the only differences are those on the muzzle end; the "shortening".
MAK