For some unholy reason I have wanted a Krag for quite some time, and finally scored one yesterday (My first message to a good friend was OMG KRAG!) which also coincides with the death of my camera.

What I have is a rifle that might have been restorable, except Bubba got his sticky fingers on it twice.  Perhaps three times.

It lives in a nice walnut sporter stock.  A very, very nice and very old walnut stock. It reminds me of the wood you see on old Remington Mosins that never left the US and lived in a closet all their lives. It has the look and feel of 80 year old walnut, and I love it.  So this may be Bubba number one; putting it in the sporter stock, and replacing the front sight with a Marbles #11 blade, and presumably a Redfield peep of sort; the magazine cuttoff is missing, and the rear sight has been removed.

Then some bubba with a drill put in two holes for a scope mount. One of which obliterates the first one or two digits of the serial number  :'( All I have remaining for a serial is ?1969. I'm presuming this was done well before GCA of 1968 which would have made defacing the serial like that rather illegal. 

The more recent and some what sloppy bubba is four more holes in the receiver for a Weaver #2 side scope mount, which is what I'll be using until I can either come up with an affordable original or replica rear sight or an affordable peep sight. 

The barrel appears to be a proper 22" carbine barrel, and to have the original front sight dovetail.  The bore is gorgeous, and I can't wait to put a scope on this gun and shoot it.

My guess from research and looking over this gun is it's a sporter from somewhere between the time these things were sold cheap, and before WWII. Perhaps even no later than the mid 20's or early 30's.  The age, patina, and quality of the stock is the main thing I'm operating on.