butlersrangers wrote on Oct 24^th, 2017 at 3:34am:

I am glad you have a forearm 'anchor-screw'. IMHO - Without a barrel-band or forearm screw, Krag barrels tend to rise up from the stock's barrel-channel, when fired. Without the barrel being 'restrained', a lot of 'torque' is directed against the action bedding and Stocks will develop horizontal cracks in the area behind the action. You addressed this. You are not "Bubba". Ya done good!

The addition of the fore-end screw was done at some time in the distant past prior to my Dad purchasing the rifle in 1958. Probably during the initial "sporterizing"  I merely replaced the old cut down military stock that was damaged, changed the rear sight for something more practical for huntuing and restored the metal finish.

Whomever did the original "sporterizing" knew what he was doing. I have yet to see another Krag done that way.