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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> M1896 Krag Rifle Converted from M1892 http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1581205418 Message started by Whig on Feb 8^th, 2020 at 11:43pm

Title: Re: M1896 Krag Rifle Converted from M1892
Post by Local Boy on Feb 10^th, 2020 at 11:59pm

Hi Whig,

Case hardened metal has a tendency to fade after awhile and unlike many case hardened firearms that have all the pretty colors...I've noticed that Krags don't seem to have them...just various mottled grays fading to solid gray/light gray over time.