Hello Krag enthusiasts,

I thought I would share some pictures of a barrel band I had on a 1894 Norwegian Krag sporter.  Possibly another idea for the barrel band do-it-yourself.  It almost looks like a Mauser type bolt extractor collar used as the band.  Then a short piece of 3/8" round stock drilled and tapped through for the sling swivel stud.  And a dovetail filed on the end to retain the band itself.  The swivel screw was just long enough to thread between the extractor collar ears and hold tension in the dovetail when assembled on the rifle.  The brass disk simply acted as an escutcheon.  I thought I would share this as it only required drilling round holes for installation, not much chisel inletting.  I am not sure who made this one but, it seems simple enough for a home project.

Regards,
sixfive