Hi all, I'm new to the board, but have been lurking for a while.  I got through my first 1898 project just by reading here.  I now have another potential project.  The local American Legion has 2 1894 dated Krags with 1896 modifications.  Both rifles have 4 digit serial numbers.  They appear to be complete and functional.  The only problem is that the stocks are painted white and all metal is chrome plated.  I have already started discussions about aquiring the rifles but need a lot more info, ie the value of the rifles as-is, the potential for a proper restoration, the cost of such a restoration and what the value of the rifles would be following restoration.  I would also need to come up with 2 replacement parade rifles, since they still use these in their parades.  Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

krf

Be careful.  Unless the rifles were donated by private individuals to the Post, they do not belong to the Post to sell.  They were allocated by the U.S. Army for Post use, and they are supposed to be returned when there is no further use for them.  This is a common mistake (to think that the rifles were given to the Post and therefore belong to the Post), and there have been instances in recent years where the Army has actually checked to see if the rifles (usually M1's, 1903 Springfields and Model 1917's--not sure about Krags) are still there.