Post by butlersrangers on Jan 5th, 2016 at 6:43am
Mike Ward: Welcome to the KCA Forum.
Your receiver, #416882, would have been built around October, 1902 (calendar year), as an infantry rifle (30" barrel).
You should precisely measure your barrel, from muzzle to closed bolt-face, with a cleaning rod. Whoever, mounted that front sight base on your barrel, did a very nice job. What I can see in your photo looks armory!
Krag barrels measured: 22" for carbine, 30" for rifle, and 26" on the rare Board of Ordnance and Fortifications trial rifles. I am just curious about the exact length of your barrel.
Your rifle is a model 1898 Krag that someone has put into a cut-down model 1892 (updated to 1896) rifle stock.
If it were my Krag, I would shop for a nice 'cut-down' model 1898 rifle stock to replace the 1896 stock. This would give you a nice carbine looking Krag for Hunting and Shooting.
(It would look similar to my favorite shooter in photo).
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Your receiver, #416882, would have been built around October, 1902 (calendar year), as an infantry rifle (30" barrel).
You should precisely measure your barrel, from muzzle to closed bolt-face, with a cleaning rod. Whoever, mounted that front sight base on your barrel, did a very nice job. What I can see in your photo looks armory!
Krag barrels measured: 22" for carbine, 30" for rifle, and 26" on the rare Board of Ordnance and Fortifications trial rifles. I am just curious about the exact length of your barrel.
Your rifle is a model 1898 Krag that someone has put into a cut-down model 1892 (updated to 1896) rifle stock.
If it were my Krag, I would shop for a nice 'cut-down' model 1898 rifle stock to replace the 1896 stock. This would give you a nice carbine looking Krag for Hunting and Shooting.
(It would look similar to my favorite shooter in photo).
Faux-NRAcarb1_012.JPG ( 138 KB | 1
Download )