i don't know when the barrel from my krag was cut off. there is nothing on the stock either. who ever did that must have been a true gunsmith.

i know that the krag was produced in 1903. where it goes from there no one knows until it becomes my great grandfather's(about 1920-30"s maybe before that). he hunted with it until he died(1955). then it became my pappy's(who occasionally hunted with it). my dad and my late uncle both hunted with the krag. but it stayed with pappy until he died. well the krag stayed with pappy until he gave it to me(about 3 months later he died).

pappy did what he thought was a favor, he put on a bishop stock(early 1960's?), yuck. my dad and my late uncle had to deal with that. after my pappy died, my dad and his friend were at the house(pappy) cleaning up, when all of the sudden my friend reaches up to the rafters and he pulls out the krags stock! it saved me alot of hassle.

i haven't shot it since i put on everything, but before deer season begins, i will. it will be a 165gr ranch dog over 25.5gr of h4198. for only going about 1800fps it sure does smackdown on a deer.