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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> Mr. Jorgensen's visit http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1523309408 Message started by butlersrangers on Apr 9^th, 2018 at 9:30pm

Title: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Post by butlersrangers on Apr 9^th, 2018 at 9:30pm

Interesting note from 1894 news article. (The often forgotten partner).

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Title: Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Post by olderthansome on Apr 10^th, 2018 at 8:23am

Don't cha wonder what he was smoking in that briar pipe that gave him those "best ideas"?

Title: Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Post by Suredan on Apr 10^th, 2018 at 3:36pm

Yep. Think about what was unrestricted back then and commonly available.

Title: Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Post by butlersrangers on Apr 10^th, 2018 at 4:06pm

I think 20 years of friendship, joint study of other 'weapon systems' & ideas, mechanical aptitude and skill, hard work and dedication, probably had a lot to do with the end product.

BTW: Erik Jorgensen died in 1896, at age 48. (I assume smoking and being overweight may have shortened his life).

Photo: Col. Ole Herman Johannes Krag promoting the Krag-Jorgensen rifle in Paris, 1900. (Col. Krag died in 1916, at age 79).

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