Shortened Krags just made such excellent hunting rifles. See it over and over again where authors/editors in early sporting/adventure periodicals strongly suggested the sporterizing of the rifle.

From 1912 when a few hundred thousands Krags were still in arsenals, but some were in civilian hands:

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And from 1922 when sporterizing Krags had to be in full swing:

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Collecting these sporterized rifles isn't in "full swing" yet.