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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> 1892 Krag Rifle Identification http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1461710623 Message started by Jeremy T Garner on Apr 26^th, 2016 at 10:43pm

Title: Re: 1892 Krag Rifle Identification
Post by Parashooter on Apr 27^th, 2016 at 11:08pm

Looks like a "thin wrist" stock to me. Key feature is that the wrist gets visibly thinner from tang to comb, unlike later versions with more constant circumference. This causes the comb nose to appear significantly higher.

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I have a dim recollection that the 1896 alterations included re-shaping the butt for the curved-toe plate. Wrong?