I did not buy one.  Did any other Forum participant?  Does anyone have a late 1950s or early 1960s gun magazine with a "Ye Olde Hunter" advert?  If so, please scan & post.

Hotwire, you are in BC.  Where would you get a new barrel?

Another general question about Norse Krags: What are the dimensions of the barrel threads?  Would a good barrel from a Swedish Mauser fit? Could one be made to fit?

reincarnated wrote on Oct 29^th, 2014 at 1:29am:


I could get a barrel blank in 6.5 x 55. Then Left hand thread it lol, and go about fitting it to the action. I wanted to keep the current barrel as its numbers match.

Or get it rebored, to a calibre in the same cartridge family, or even better bored and lined. AS for being in Canada, Were not without gunsmiths here... lol

Ah, yes, I understand now. That is something Ill have to look into. sorry that I read that wrong.

So, Its been a while, and the firearm has been in storage since my last post. I bought a house, with a nice garage and will be planning on a workshop soon enough (with a loft for my ham radio shack). So more work is to be done, on ALL of my firearms then.

As for now, I will be bringing this Krag into work with me to get some hands on time. Im an Armourer for Canadas Glorious Army, and I have a WAY better workshop and tooling there at my disposal. I was not keen on mixing work and pleasure.. but I dont see any other choise for this poor rifle at this time. If I want to hunt with it.. I had better get on this NOW!