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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> My half faux 1901 Carbine http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1477007955 Message started by Prince Humperdink on Oct 20^th, 2016 at 11:59pm

Title: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by Prince Humperdink on Oct 20^th, 2016 at 11:59pm

Hello Fellas,
Just sharing a few pics of my "1901 Carbine" that I bought from Dupage trading a while ago.Barrel,stock,and most of rear sight are legitimate,but receiver is 431550,which is way too late.Handguard is a repro from S&S,and front band is not carbine.Bore is mirror bright,and it shoots like a dream!I'll add some more,and better pics when I can.

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Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by Prince Humperdink on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 12:12am

PS,the pic of the target was from shots at 100 yards,and all of my brass was re purposed .303 brit brass.

Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by butlersrangers on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 12:44am

Welcome Ryan to the KCA Forum. It looks like you have a nice serviceable 'Carbine' to learn with and enjoy!

Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by Prince Humperdink on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 1:43am

butlersrangers wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 12:44am:

Welcome Ryan to the KCA Forum. It looks like you have a nice serviceable 'Carbine' to learn with and enjoy!

Thank You Sir!

Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by psteinmayer on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 11:34am

Looks like a very nice shooter. It should provide you with years of fun!

One question... in another thread, you stated that you had a correct carbine barrel. Is the receiver marked 1898 or 1899? If it's 1899, then it is definitely a carbine receiver... but if it's 1898, then it's definitely a rifle receiver. You didn't state which. Sometimes, a competent gunsmith would reattach the Krag front sight post after cutting the rifle barrel down to carbine length. If yours is not a true carbine receiver, is it possible that the post has been reattached? Just curious...

Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by Prince Humperdink on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 3:44pm

psteinmayer wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 11:34am:

The receiver is definitely an 1898.I'll get some pics of the front sight.They also turned down the first 1/2 inch of the barrel and nobody seems to know why,but they were all like this?They were supposedly movie rifles,and mine had a brass insert in the magazine that prevented loading.

Title: Re: My half faux 1901 Carbine
Post by Prince Humperdink on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 4:05pm

Here are a few more pics.The front sight base looks almost seamless to me.
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