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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> 1898 Krag more info http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1517166875 Message started by BradM on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 7:14pm

Title: 1898 Krag more info
Post by BradM on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 7:14pm

Took a much closer look at the sights and the sling on the rifle I acquired last Tuesday. The stamp on the sling though partially obliterated appears to me to read "Rock Island Arsenal ***3". The last number of the date is the only one readable. The rear sight does have the "sgt peep" others have mentioned. The pics of the bore are after a good cleaning, but it looks good to me.
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Title: Re: 1898 Krag more info
Post by madsenshooter on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 10:24pm

The peep is on there in your pics, it can be pushed down so that you can see the notch.

Title: Re: 1898 Krag more info
Post by BradM on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 10:35pm

madsenshooter wrote on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 10:24pm:

The peep is on there in your pics, it can be pushed down so that you can see the notch.

I had been playing with it. Put a drop of oil on the pivot and loosened it up some. The detents provide a positive stop up or down. The aperture is pretty small.

Title: Re: 1898 Krag more info
Post by madsenshooter on Jan 28^th, 2018 at 10:52pm

Way too small for my eyesight!

Title: Re: 1898 Krag more info
Post by bote on Jan 29^th, 2018 at 12:42am

It's legal to drill it out and make it larger but I prefer the notch

Title: Re: 1898 Krag more info
Post by BradM on Jan 29^th, 2018 at 7:58pm

Link below is to a thread on CSP. It has some good pics and info about original Krag slings. Not trying to promote another site, just provide info provided to me.

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