My 1899 carbine had fun being the guinea pig for this KragHaus scope adapter experiment... but the ole girl wanted to go back to being a regular carbine again because she thought she wasn't attractive anymore and people called her ugly.
Wanting to continue on with the experiment, I purchased a cut-down Krag for $150 bucks and old aftermarket stock (for way too much).
Prior to receiving the parts I had all these grandiose plans about what I was going to do... but of course, cost started quickly adding up!
However, I kinda like the raw rugged look after putting the cut-down Krag/stock together. So I decided to go for a new/old look like a RAT ROD or in this case a RAT ROD RIFLE.
Yes, you could say I'm too lazy to finish the rifle properly... and you'd probably be right! But it's my gun so there!!!
The experiment was to come up with a Krag style Scout Rifle and here's my interpretation.
Only meets a few of the requirements for it to qualify as a true Scout Rifle... However, it shoots surprisingly well for a 100+ year old gun... even with my poor marksmanship ability's.
BTW:
BAG stands for Big A_ _ Gun like the one used by the guy next to me at the range who took his shot just before I took mine. Did I mention he had a muzzle brake. OK, I'm making excuses but I swear he had artillery crew helping him load each round!!!