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Firearms >> Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags >> Parts build for Krag rifle http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1554493808 Message started by Doco Overboard on Apr 5^th, 2019 at 7:50pm

Title: Re: Parts build for Krag rifle
Post by Parashooter on Apr 6^th, 2019 at 5:10am

butlersrangers wrote on Apr 6^th, 2019 at 2:11am:

. . .The receiver threads on a Springfield barrel would be the same form, diameter, and pitch, as a Krag barrel. . .

Correct on form and pitch, but the major/minor thread diameters of the M1903 are larger: 1.040"/.990" - vs. .980"/.940" for the US Krag. (Per de Haas drawings.)