Thanks everyone for all the help.

I think I have this up to ‘shooter’ status, and will try it this weekend. Found an ‘affordable’ re-conditioned carbine barrel on e-bay (always an adventure…rear sight dimensions & front sight looked good, registration mark was intact, barrel crown looked OK, etc.) and as it turns out we have a local North Georgia gunsmith who works on service rifles. He knew his way around Krags, has Krag G/NG gauges and swapped the barrel the same day for $50. The end result is the barrel seated properly, rounds chamber & eject nicely, will see how it shoots.

Mr. Moss has an excellent reputation and is one of the few true smiths around here with all the right equipment & training for work like this, and he’s a young fellow.

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