butlersrangers wrote on Oct 5^th, 2018 at 5:29pm:

In case "Inquiring Minds Want To Know ... ": 'Olderthansome' hit the nail on the head. I woke up this morning considering the same idea of using a 'Trapdoor' butt-plate screw, as a replacement large screw, on an early Krag stock with a 'flat' butt-plate. I took a 'Trapdoor' Springfield and tried its butt-plate screws, (they are both the same), on a model 1898 Krag's butt-plate. (I do not have a model 1892 Krag to try this with ... hint, hint)! The 'counter-sink' on the 1898 Krag and '1873 Trapdoor' butt-plates is not quite identical. The 'oval-head' 1873 screws were a credible fit and might fit correctly on a model 1892 Krag 'magazine rifle'. BTW - 1873 Springfield butt-plate screws are not hard to find on ebay. S&S Firearms has them for $12, a screw.

I agree that it is a great idea.  Thanks for taking the time to try that substitution and get photos of it - it looks like a much better fit than what I have now.  Right now I'm holding it as a 'Plan B'.

When I came up empty on all the likely websites - it struck me that there is a classified section on this forum - duhh!!  The very first classified 'sticky' (Dan Lowery) turned up a stacking swivel and screw that is correct for the rifle and he is currently checking to see if (and he thinks he does) he has one of the screws in question.  If he doesn't have it (I'll still get the stacking swivel and its screw), I'll check with the next person that lists parts for this rifle.  If none of those pan out, I'll move to 'Plan B' - hopefully as a temporary measure as I will keep looking.