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pstella223 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2015	Another Newby here. Dec 30^th, 2015 at 4:59am	Print Post
	Just picked up a sporterized 1896 carbine serial number 29141. Date stamped 1895. Sadly it was nicely altered around the 1930's with a Marbles buckhorn rear sight, a new front sight dove tailed in and a clean new stock...yay for them ;-( . Does anyone know if that serial number comes up anywhere in history? Just missed being a Rough Rider gun. I would love any info anyone has. Thank you and what a great site you all have made!!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 6:35am	Print Post
	'pstella223' - Welcome to the KCA Forum! Your, '1895' dated, Model 1896 Krag action very likely came off of a cavalry carbine. (It is all carbines around #29141). I believe your barrel is a 1903A3 Springfield barrel made by High Standard ("H.S"). High Standard made barrels for Smith-Corona, during WW2. (S.C. and Remington built all of the 1903A3 rifles). It was an old civilian gun-smithing practice to replace poor Krag barrels with 1903 and 1903A3 barrels. Some of the breech end was cut-off the .30-06 barrel and the barrel was re-chambered for .30-40 Krag. These barrels often shoot quite well. Enjoy your Krag. Every collection should have a Krag Sporter!


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pstella223 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2015	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #2 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 7:14am	Print Post
	Great info on the re barrel of the my Krag... even further from stock but very cool. Thanks


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #3 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 7:30am	Print Post
	How long is the barrel? HS also made replacement barrels for US 1917 Enfields.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #4 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 12:20pm	Print Post
	It's a quite nice looking sporter! The stock is very similar to the stock on my sporter, which is a Bishop's. It should be a great shooter.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #5 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 3:07pm	Print Post
	The "8" you can see is for 'August', there should also be two digits on the barrel for the year.


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pstella223 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2015	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2016 at 3:49am	Print Post
	The barrel is right at 22 inches. The contour is different from my 03-A3 sporter, so not sure what it is from


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Another Newby here. Reply #7 - Jan 5^th, 2016 at 6:53am	Print Post
	What numbers are with the "8" on the H.S. barrel? It could be made from a U.S. model of 1917 (Enfield) barrel, as 'reincarnated' mentioned.


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