And of course the Krag was used by other U.S. government agencies besides the military. It was even used on American citizens (criminals) by law enforcement agencies. I cannot readily find a period article I read last year, but the Internal Revenue Department even had the Krag in the early 1900's to go after moonshiners.

Back to the topic of this post, the Krag Jorgensen rifle had some bad raps other than the effectiveness on the battlefield:

  Too modern
  Not modern enough
  Not an American invention
  Should be more un-American (being more Mauser-like)

That last one might be a stretch, but I think you know what I'm getting at. Everybody has an opinion like everybody has a....a uh......like everybody has a nose. Just like the dog on the right above. It has a nose, too. And it looks like it found a....a uh.....erh a.....like it found an opinion.