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Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle (Read 2937 times)

carbon outlaw KCA Forum Member Offline carbon outlaw Posts: 209 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2014	Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Jun 30^th, 2017 at 5:18pm	Print Post
	target rifle ... redfield model 70 KT rear sight ... redfield X-tube and international front sight ... what do you think ???


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #1 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 5:30pm	Print Post
	Recipe for ejection problems.


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FredC KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 759 Location: Dewees, Texas Joined: May 31^st, 2013 Gender:	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #2 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 7:54pm	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Jun 30^th, 2017 at 5:30pm: Recipe for ejection problems. Yeah, but you could take that rifle out every day and look at it. There is a lot going on there, who needs to shoot it?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #3 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 11:11pm	Print Post
	I think it would look better and be more versatile without the tube and just the Receiver-sight.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #4 - Jul 1^st, 2017 at 7:16am	Print Post
	The long tube is a tube sight, normally used in "iron sight only" competition. Why it would be on the Krag sporter is anyone's guess. Tube sights are usually adjusted with an external micrometer adjustable mount. The front tube mount is one of those, but is in the wrong place. The aperture in the rear sight has to be in constant alignment with the insert in the front sight. The Redfield receiver sight appears to be set up as the adjusting component of the tube sight, so that the shooter looks through that in addition to whatever aperture is in the tube. Good luck with aligning that with the adjustable front mount AND the fixed front sight. Is the tube sight marked? Looks sort of like a Fecker. Is that a Krag barrel?


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #5 - Jul 1^st, 2017 at 1:10pm	Print Post
	Holy Smokes that must be a real pain in the toukus to sight in! I also see ejection troubles too (although single shot and hand removal of the brass would make that easier).


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Springfield Armory model 1898 target rifle Reply #6 - Jul 1^st, 2017 at 5:53pm	Print Post
	Both are strange enough that I would spring for them and all the leather if the price was right. But those cartridges will be corroded to the point of being dangerous if they are kept in the cartridge belts.


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