A few weeks ago I inherited a 1918 krag carbine. It was my great grandfathers. From what I was told he bought it in the 60s and the only thing he did was put a recoil pad on it so otherwise it seems to all be there (but not matching). I really want to shoot it (just a few times)but I keep hearing about the 6.5x55 swed rounds being to powerful for the gun and was just wanted to get opinions from people who actually deal with krag rifles. Also if there is anything I should know please tell me. I'm glad to have found this forum and thanks in advanced :p.

EDIT: Wanted to add that the bore is in mildy shiny shape with basically no pitting. The stock is in nice shape seeing as it spent 50 years in a closet but he must have pulled it out to oil and do general maintenance. I'm hoping the butt stock is just covering up the original. I still haven't checked yet.

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