For anyone interested, there is a series in the Machinist work shop magazine about adding a barrel band to a Krag. The author inherited a partially sporterized 94 Krag and finished the project. I will try to contact him to see if he will contribute to a thread here.

For anyone interested in making a barrel band and has a few machine tools in the garage it would be an good read:
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So many ways to skin a cat.