I have two Krag's, a sporter (   (You need to Login ) which I shoot quite a bit, and an early 92 (   (You need to Login) which I've never shot.

I'd like your thoughts on shooting the '92, so here's what I can tell you.  As noted in the '92 thread, it's not all minty and shooting it shouldn't hurt any value by safely putting a couple of rounds through it.  The bore has considerable pitting, but does have strong rifling.  My foremost concern is the bolt.  As noted by Whig, the early bolts were susceptible to failure from cracks.  This raises the question, is it safe to use the bolt from the sporter in the '92 while shooting it?  I can chamber and extract brass that has been full sized using the bolt from either rifle.  I cannot close either bolt (without considerable pressure) on brass that has been fired (in the sporter) but not yet resized.  Is there more I need to check before the question can be answered?  Do I need to check with headspace gages?  Is there something else I need to check?