Hi,  (My first post! Yay!)
I have read about the Krag Rifles over the years but have never even seen one in the flesh little lone held one. So when this one came up at auction I put in a bid (sight unseen), and lo and behold, I won it!

My first look down the barrel I struggled to see light. I had my fingers crossed that it was just grease, but was sorely disappointed after running a brush and about a billion patches through it. Small elements of rifling are still there but the rest looks like rocks sitting there waiting to chew up the projectile. The bolt however looks brand new with not a hint of rust on it (go figure).

So it has a few things wrong with it. Original bluing a just about completely gone and the barrel is beyond salvation.  But all is not lost as I have been able to locate and order all the parts that I require to bring this baby back to some state of serviceability. Well everything except a barrel.

I shoot a lot of service rifle competition and my intention is to bring it back to life just for that.

Questions
1.       Anyone able to tell me anything special about this rifle?
2.      Is it common for the elevation knobs to break on the model 1898?
3.      I removed the butt plate from the rifle and there appears to be two holes drilled. Both are around 1” in diameter. one is for the cleaning gear what's the other?
4.      Does the side plate screw have a tendency of coming loose?

From Down under
Regards Fenn.

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