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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> new to me Kraig 1894 saddle ring carbine http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1557169950 Message started by GHS on May 6^th, 2019 at 7:12pm

Title: Re: new to me Kraig 1894 saddle ring carbine
Post by butlersrangers on May 7^th, 2019 at 2:49am

The 'carbine ring & bar' was no longer in use when the 'long forearm' carbine was adopted.

The carbine was being carried in a scabbard and the ring no longer had a purpose.

When a 'ring & bar' is found on an 1899 'long forearm' carbine stock, someone outside of Springfield has 'done the job' and made a fake.

BTW - I beg to differ, but, there is an "i" in Krag.

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