RE: Reply #5. This looks like a functional rifle to me even if has been modified since it left the arsenal (as probably the majority have been). A pile of parts is just that; parts. This also has a receiver, bolt, barrel stock, etc. and appears capable of being fired. As someone who has not had the funds, opportunity or plain good fortune to obtain a 100% correct Krag, I consider the Krag I do own more than a pile of parts and I am proud to have been able to obtain and enjoy it. I joined this forum because of the incredible wealth of knowledge the members possess and because I perceived that there was room for everyone who owned a Krag; regardless of whether it it was a wonderful pristine example or one of the innumerable “sporterized” versions. I hope my reasons for joining were justified.