| Krag Collectors Association Forum Archive | |
|
Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> 2nd Krag
http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1471746123 Message started by TexTenn59 on Aug 21st, 2016 at 2:22am |
|
|
Title: Re: 2nd Krag Post by TexTenn59 on Aug 29th, 2016 at 2:32am
Got her all cleaned up. The bore and chamber had more rust than I thought....but they look shiny now after a lot of elbow grease. Even swapped out the 1901 sight and handguard off my first "carbine" rifle. Rubbing down stripped stock with BLO, like I did to Garands, M1 Carbines, 1903 & A3 and 1917, as it looks so dull and dry. I have a correct height front sight blade on order.
Had one issue, the last round would not feed without a really hard push. After searching this site and comparing parts on my Carbine, I found the culprit - the pin holding the follower and carrier together was sticking up ever so slightly catching the rim of the cartridge. With a small file and a light touch I filed it down and finished it off with emory cloth. Smooth as butter and loads like it was meant too. Now to work up loads with that 200 round stash of new Remington brass I thankfully bought back in 2009 for the Carbine while I add coats of BLO on the stock. |
|
Krag Collectors Association Forum Archive » Powered by YaBB 2.6.0! YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2026. All Rights Reserved. |