Receiver had been thoroughly cleaned during sporterizing, maybe too clean will go back in in a couple of days and look along side the sear for clearance and any lubrication. Good point on older Krags that have been out of service for 40 years is to check the sear hole for the spring and hinge for hard gunk.


While we are waiting are your trigger springs strong enough to return a partially pulled trigger back to full forward? Mine does not, will check  for lube on the sear surfaces. I did not modify this spring for less pull, that does not mean that a previous owner did not modify it.

I do not have enough parts to test things like this on the barreled receiver I just purchased from Whig. This is the main reason I got it is for tests and measurements.

Additional, the pin was tight and flush on both sides when installed. Could see where a loose pin could cause a disaster.

Butlersrangers, if you want the pencil photo in higher resolution I can email it to you. Pencil was never sharpened, brand new full length.

For inquiring minds 43 grains of Varget with a 200 grain jacketed round nose, 47.? was determined to be max by Quickload.