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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Jul 13^th, 2012 at 4:48pm	Print Post
	When 'foraging' at Gun Shows, Shops, Flea Markets, etc., keep an eye open for these items. The 1897 Krag Screwdriver and the 1901 Carbine Front Sight Cover. The Screwdriver sells for around $85. The Carbine Sight Cover seems to go for $85 to $125.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #1 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	Original Krag 3 piece cleaning rods sell for $30 to $60.� Original brass muzzle cover/front sight protectors seem to sell for around $65.� The nickel-plated butt-trap oil bottles go for $15 to $25.� (Caution - the 3-piece rods and brass muzzle covers are reproduced).


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #2 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 5:52pm	Print Post
	Joe DeChristopher sells the rods, a complete original set, for $30. He has enough to satisfy an order of a pretty large magnitude. The oilers, and he'll sell by variation, are $15 from him. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) He's good people and very knowledgeable on Krags. Over the last few years I've taken about 30 of the 1897 screwdrivers and $25 is about what you'll pay if you keep looking.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #3 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 6:22pm	Print Post
	5MadFarmers: Thanks for the link to Joe DeChristopher. I wasn't sure they were still in business. Do you have a link for W. Stokes Kirk (or a time-machine)? I like his prices!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #4 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 6:24pm	Print Post
	Muzzle/sight covers and swivels


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #5 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 6:26pm	Print Post
	Nickel-plated oilers


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #6 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	But back then, a skilled machinist probably made about 50 cents an hour for a 10-hour day.


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Ned Butts KCA Forum Admin KCA Official Member Offline Krag enthusiast! Posts: 525 Location: western catskills NY Joined: Apr 1^st, 2002 Gender:	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 8:50pm	Print Post
	I heard a story once that Joe is connected, I think by marriage to the Stokes-Kirk family. And as such acquired all remaining inventory. Totally unconfirmed at this point, but good Krag gossip to kick around!!


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #8 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 11:22pm	Print Post
	Joe is a retired cop. In the 1960s he bought up the existing Kirk inventory. I'd have to search the wayback machine but he elaborated in some detail a few years ago after I asked him. Machinists made from $2 to $3 per day. Machinist helpers made from $1.25 to $1.75 per day. Hiram Shrunk, foreman of the machinists at the onset of the Krag era, took home $4.5 per day while Drayton, the Master Machinist, drew $6 per day. For comparison purposes D.C. Leonard (DCL on RIA leather gear of that era) was paid $2.50 per day. Lesser paid positions were paid piecework.


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #9 - Jul 26^th, 2012 at 12:05am	Print Post
	Quote: Over the last few years I've taken about 30 of the 1897 screwdrivers and $25 is about what you'll pay if you keep looking. And sometimes less. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #10 - Jul 26^th, 2012 at 12:30am	Print Post
	5MadFarmers:� That's a nicely preserved Krag tool at a bargain basement price.� Want to double your money?� In all honesty, they are not at all common and $85.00 is a fair dealer price for a good specimen.� It sure pays to hunt and be patient!


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #11 - Jul 26^th, 2012 at 1:26am	Print Post
	"Dealer price."� I think that's the point.� Dealers tend to hype stuff. "Rare" and "scarce" are completely abused.� 1897 screwdriver?� Bid $27 on eBay.� Why $27?� Because my max bid is $26.� It's not as if I don't take them at that or less as you've just seen.� Often the $10 bid takes the item. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) 1897.� Not rare. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) First series for '03s.� Not rare. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Krag manuals.� Not rare.� Scarcer than tools but not rare.� Dealers simply hype the stuff.� Took one of those about a week ago for $15.� That's pretty typical. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) 1898 trapdoor manual.� Rare!� Only $155! (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Paid $10 or $15 for most. Mind you those are strictly the (most common) 1898 printing. The other four printings are harder to find. Those are very common. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Only the third copy I've seen!� A bargain at $195! (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) My max bid is $26.� I've taken a fair number at $10. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) The 1917 edition.� The most common.� A steal at $95!� I have over 20 of that edition.� Lost one last week at $17 as I won't go over $16 on that edition. Dealer prices.� No thanks.� It's all hype.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #12 - Jul 26^th, 2012 at 4:04pm	Print Post
	MadFarmers:� Wow!� That's quite the hoard of Krag and Springfield tools & manuals.� Nice pictures, advice and encouragement.� Thanks for sharing.� Let us know when you are holding a Garage Sale.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #13 - Jul 27^th, 2012 at 12:31am	Print Post
	When he does hold that sale, I'll drive!!!


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: More Krag Accessories & approximate prices Reply #14 - Jul 27^th, 2012 at 5:44am	Print Post
	Not going to happen, or at least so I was told - he plans to panel one wall of the finished gun room in manuals, checkerboard-style, under some sort of clear plastic protection. As much as I admire and respect him, and laud his prodigious research efforts, we are diametrically opposed on that issue, which I tend to see as unrestrained greed, though he now seems to be drawing a line (even publicizing same) at what he will pay, which I do not believe was always the case. There are a number of collectors who are doing without, so that he can have (what I feel to be) more than one person needs. He will tell you - and fairly so - that it is his money, and they just need to look harder. Joe does not suffer laziness, or lack of initiative! I cannot argue with that - I just wouldn't follow the same path.


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