picked this up the other day
a very well done Krag sporter
maybe 40's circa or earlier, looks well done even with the carving on the stock.




regards RMJ

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Now that's a Deer Rifle!  That barrel-band is a good feature and will guard against the stock splitting in front and behind the magazine opening.  I would put a magazine cut-off back on it (now missing) to prevent possible roughness in cartridge feeding.  I wonder if the Krag barrel was replaced with a re-chambered 1903 Springfield barrel?  Something about the barrel contour suggests that possibility.  Another possibility is that a tapered collar was fitted to the barrel to smooth the transition from barrel to receiver diameter.

yes I am curently looking for a cutt off. And not sure about the barrel don't have it in my hands yet its on its way though.

packmule:  With the Monte Carlo style buttstock and ventilated butt-plate I would guess your Sporter is pure 1950s.

ya I figured somewhere in that era, which I like to call
the Plaid gun era (aka* before camo and sentlock), lol

i bet it was someones favorite for quite a while

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i bet it was someones favorite for quite a while

Well hopefully it becomes one of mine, gonna break it in on some Texas hogs .... should be a dandy!