To Dick Hosmer:

I'm curious what your hunch was that didn't pan out.

I have become very interested in all types of military firearms and this is my first chance at a Krag. I could care less about the latest hunting gun and new caliber. I'm more interested in how guns developed that were used to protect countries and men's lives. Just think where this gun might have been and the man or men that used it. Did it get issued to the regular army late in the Spanish American War? I suppose there is no way to really track its heritage, but I'm like every kid that had a BB gun and shot toy soldiers in my back yard.

These were serious weapons fighting for serious causes and I want to take this old gun and get it back into a somewhat better condition than it is now. I know it will never have value to a serious collector, but I know what value it will have to me when I put this gun in my hands and fire the first shot through it. It is going to be fun!