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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Krag accessories and a mystery Jul 29^th, 2012 at 4:07pm	Print Post
	FY 07-08 production at Frankford, Part II, Class IV, Section 5 lists a "Body Gauge" for the 1906 cartridges. They made one: (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Note the "price" was $4.90 but we'll get to that. FY 08-09, same section, doesn't list any: (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Pamphlet 1879, Price list of Ordnance Stores, dated 1914, page 69, lists the body gauges for 1898 and 1906 cartridges at $2.35. They're absent from the 1917 edition (which will eventually become a wallpaper panel....). (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Body gauge for the 1898 cartridge. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Made at Frankford in 1908. It doesn't show up in their production reports. Interesting mystery.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Krag accessories and a mystery Reply #1 - Jul 29^th, 2012 at 9:39pm	Print Post
	I think they are exactly like the cartridge case gauges made today by the L.E. Wilson firm in Cashmere, Washington.� Modern production sells for about $30 each.� Very handy if you are going to keep reloading, esp. with salvaged cases. Both Midway & Graf have the gauges for both calibers in stock.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Krag accessories and a mystery Reply #2 - Jul 29^th, 2012 at 11:01pm	Print Post
	I'm not sure I understand what the question or mystery is? It appears to be a gauge to check case body dimensions. Once the arsenal had one, why would there be a need for it to be produced annually?


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: Krag accessories and a mystery Reply #3 - Jul 30^th, 2012 at 12:05am	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Jul 29^th, 2012 at 11:01pm: I'm not sure I understand what the question or mystery is?� It appears to be a gauge to check case body dimensions.� Once the arsenal had one, why would there be a need for it to be produced annually? The only body gauge listed as made in 1908 is for the 1906 cartridge. That one is clearly marked as being for the 1898.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Krag accessories and a mystery Reply #4 - Jul 30^th, 2012 at 1:04am	Print Post
	5MadFarmers:� Thank you for the explanation.� I didn't� realize initially that both pictures were of the same gauge.� "1898" is kind of washed out by the reflection of light in the second photo.� Now, I understand the mystery.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Krag accessories and a mystery Reply #5 - Jul 30^th, 2012 at 2:42am	Print Post
	Sloppy record keeping? Or was there a separate division or accounting practice for equipment made specifically for the National Guard? By 1908, the Regular Army was pretty well on the way to being equipped with the New Springfield. The .30-03 rifles had been recalled and modified for the 1906 cartridge. But National Guard units armed with the Krag saved their empty brass and reloaded it. Such gauges would be used by the unit armorer in checking empty brass before reloading. If Springfield was going to tool up to make such gauges, for either cartridge, why would they only make 1? Unless it was a prototype, with production to follow after testing.


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