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Message started by 1096369fred on Jan 21st, 2011 at 5:17pm

Title: Re: Restoring a 1896?
Post by butlersrangers on Jan 21st, 2011 at 7:23pm
If it were my Krag, I would put on a 1903 Springfield front sight or Lyman Banded front sight, and put on a common original Krag rifle rear sight, and complete the Mannlicher look.  You could play with your Krag as a shooter and enjoy that mint bore, while you slowly decide and assemble parts for a well thought-out restoration.  It looks like you got a nice collection of 1896 Krag parts for $295.  If the barrel is 24" long, it is likely 6" was cut off of it.  Your stock looks like it could be an original arsenal replacement, hence no cartouche mark.  Some wood has obviously been cut off the fore-end tip.  The distance from where the stock steps down for the rear barrel band and where it steps down for the front band is approx. 15&1/2 inches.  If the distance on your stock is shorter than this, the shoulder for the front band has been set back.  (My Krag Rifle stocks measure about 17&7/16 inches from the shoulder for the rear band to the fore-end tip).
  I would caution that restoring a Krag can easily cost more money than buying a correct specimen (and it is always a 'restoration' or 'fake').

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