Friend forwarded me his question. I told him I'd post it here and hope for the best. Sounds like a bubba smith got ahold of it.

Here it is.

I have an 1898 Krag rifle and it has a major head space issue, it splits the cases near the rim of the case, it even splits new cases on the first firing. Any way I have talked to several gun smiths and only two have showed an interest in working on it. One guy is a certified gun smith but he works out of his home so I really don't now about the quality of his work. I had one gun smith tell me it could be fixed but he won't attempt it because the receiver on the Krag is very soft and he is afraid he may damage it when removing the barrel, the only one who seems like he is capable of doing the job says he can do it for $275.00 but again he told me that he would have to use an aluminum block whatever that is and be careful with the receiver and not to damage it. Are there any Krag experts out there that can give me some advice on this issue, I really like to shoot my Krag but am also thinking about using it as a wall hanger, any advice or options on this issue is appreciated.