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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> 1896 Barrel fitted to 1898 action http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1564722642 Message started by butlersrangers on Aug 2^nd, 2019 at 5:10am

Title: Re: 1896 Barrel fitted to 1898 action
Post by butlersrangers on Aug 2^nd, 2019 at 1:21pm

Actually, Culpeper, I believe a later (model 1898) barrel will easily screw onto a model 1896 Receiver, probably without alteration.

It is the early style barrel shank that has to be 'beveled' in order to be used on a model 1898 Receiver.

Part of the fun of my project was to see if it could be done.

My handiwork is not up to Springfield Armory standards, but, likely better than Bannerman's.