psteinmayer wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2017 at 10:20pm:

Krag sporters definitely have their place in our Krag world... and that one is darned spiffy!

I've been working on this restoration for the last 3 years. My Dad bought that rifle for $12 in 1958. Except for the receiver sight it was similar to what you see here, albeit maybe not so well finished, but the over all lines were the same.

Several years ago I ran across a Bishop semi-inletted stock in the back room of a local rural gun shop. Even in the poor light, there was no mistaking that it was a Krag stock. It had a Monte Carlo comb/cheekpiece, a pistol grip and white line spacers under the buttplate & plastic grip cap. Straight out of the 1960s

Fortunately, there was a LOT of extra wood and I was able to cut down the comb & pistol grip on my belt sander with ample wood left for the original straight grip profile. The only evidence of the original shape is the very end of the grip cap screw hole that I filled with Accraglas.

When I restocked it I damaged the patine on the buttplate, trigger guard & tang. I had the rear sight holes welded up on the barrel so some finishing on the barrel was also needed. I finished the stock in 2014 and my son hunted with it. In 2015 he finally killed a buck with Grandpa's Krag so I was "allowed" to hunt with it. I killed a decent buck with it at 120 paces, taking him right through the windpipe facing head on. He dropped like a ton of bricks.

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I load Hornady 160gr FTX bullets for the 308 Marlin Express at 2580 fps average Mv. Chamber pressure is just under 42K and recoil is mild.

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