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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> This old Krag Rifle is new to me http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1537910028 Message started by boomer on Sep 25^th, 2018 at 9:13pm

Title: Re: This old Krag Rifle is new to me
Post by FredC on Oct 15^th, 2018 at 1:18pm

The fit on this last screw is what I would call perfect. The line where the angle and "oval" come together is flush on the surface of the butt plate.
The machinists solution with the original screw would have been to countersink the butt plate deeper to match the screw, but that would have altered what appears to be an original and rare butt plate which would have been sacrilege in this case.
Well done on finding the right screw!