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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> Labor of love http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1551722715 Message started by Mark_Daiute on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 6:05pm

Title: Labor of love
Post by Mark_Daiute on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 6:05pm

Krag off GB plus shipping: 306.50
forestock                      60.00
butplate/screws             36.00
front band                      60.00
bolt                               75.00
Handguard                      70.00

Total                            607.50! and I did not include FFL!

Shoulda let the other guy have it.

I will enjoy putting this together but will be lucky to break even, would not have done it but somehow I have managed to pick up 3 bolts. This is especially troubling as Jack Schwartz is no longer in business and If I use the one handguard I have remaining I can not replace it. oof.

Mark

Title: Re: Labor of love
Post by Parashooter on Mar 5^th, 2019 at 12:00am

Mark_Daiute wrote on Mar 4^th, 2019 at 6:05pm:

. . . If I use the one handguard I have remaining I can not replace it. . .

Of course you could replace it. Making a Krag handguard is a pretty basic hand woodworking project with a bit of rudimentary sheet metal bending and riveting thrown in. No rocket surgery required!

This one used to be an old chair leg, a steel packing band, four nails and a snort of raw linseed oil -

KragHandguard_001.jpg ( 19 KB | 2 Downloads )

Title: Re: Labor of love
Post by Mark_Daiute on Mar 5^th, 2019 at 12:48am

CT, huh? We're practically neighbors. I was in CT weekend before last. Anywhere New Haven? My son goes to school in NH.

Well your work here is very very nice. How many hours to make something like that? your skills are way past mine!

Title: Re: Labor of love
Post by cquickel on Feb 14^th, 2020 at 8:28pm

You mind if I add your rifle to the KCA serial number database?