Post by butlersrangers on May 9th, 2017 at 5:07am
'gtbee80' - Welcome to the KCA Forum.
Your "carbine", #105621, is actually a U.S. Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen rifle that has been shortened. It is easy to misread 1896 as 1898.
It is possible your Krag's barrel is a replacement and not an original Krag barrel. Or, it has been shortened 3/4" at the breech, re-threaded and re-chambered.
Either possibility might explain the incorrect sight hole placement.
Your barrel's taper does not appear to fit normally in the Stock's barrel-channel.
FWIW - Attached photos show correct Krag barrel breech and extractor-notch, Krag barrel proof "P", and index mark on action/barrel.
Compare your stripped Krag with my photos.
Krg-breech-e_003.jpg ( 64 KB | 1
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krg-brl-proof1_006.JPG ( 74 KB | 1
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Krag-index-mark_009.JPG ( 68 KB | 0
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Your "carbine", #105621, is actually a U.S. Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen rifle that has been shortened. It is easy to misread 1896 as 1898.
It is possible your Krag's barrel is a replacement and not an original Krag barrel. Or, it has been shortened 3/4" at the breech, re-threaded and re-chambered.
Either possibility might explain the incorrect sight hole placement.
Your barrel's taper does not appear to fit normally in the Stock's barrel-channel.
FWIW - Attached photos show correct Krag barrel breech and extractor-notch, Krag barrel proof "P", and index mark on action/barrel.
Compare your stripped Krag with my photos.
Krg-breech-e_003.jpg ( 64 KB | 1
Download )
krg-brl-proof1_006.JPG ( 74 KB | 1
Download )
Krag-index-mark_009.JPG ( 68 KB | 0
Downloads )