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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Boxer rebellion krag? May 13^th, 2019 at 4:39am	Print Post
	Hello: I know you should not buy the story of a rifle. I recently looked at a krag rifle who's owner claimed was used by our troops during the boxer rebellion. Are there any known such rifles?. I said I would check with the experts at the forum for him. The serial no. Is 239927. He says it has been in the family and that is the story that was passed down with it. I remember the movie "55 days at peking" with Charlton Heston. But cannot remember if they used krags in the movie. Must be my CRS. Thanks, kc.


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2019 at 5:21am	Print Post
	Offhand, I do not know of any documented rifles, but I have a carbine (70210) used by troop "L" of the 6th US Cav, at the siege of Peking. There are about 50 others with the same SRS citation - worth looking for!


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2019 at 6:14am	Print Post
	No hits in Mallory's 'Serial Numbers Of Known U.S. Krags'. Poyer's book list it's possible manufacture date between Nov-Dec 1898. Boxer Rebellion occurred between 1899-1901. Open to speculation if it was used against the Boxers during the Boxer Uprising. It would be interesting to know the former owner's name and to do an archive research to find out if that individual had participated in the Boxer Rebellion...on the American side of course. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Firearms used in the movie '55 Days at Peking': (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) Regardless...cool bit of family history associated with that Krag!!!
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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2019 at 1:50pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the great article on the boxer rebellion. I will pass it on to the owner of the rifle. I found a movie still on the internet from the movie 55 days at Peking. It showed the U.S. troops armed with Lee Enfield mk.1 rifles! There must have been a shortage of krags in the prop department.


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #4 - May 14^th, 2019 at 2:36am	Print Post
	I had a great grandfather who fought in the Boxer Rebellion. He was in Company I of the 14th Infantry Regiment and I have done some research on him. General Arthur MacArthur (father of General Douglas MacArthur) ordered that new Model 1898 Krag Jorgensens be given to the troops. They were fighting with seven other nations and had to look their best. It was July of 1900 when they left the Philippines for China, so the rifles for the 14th Reg. would have been manufactured before that date. I have not found any serial numbers as of yet that were issued for this expedition. He was a bugler and one of my uncles has his bugle in his possession. I have yet to see it as he is now in Florida.


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #5 - May 14^th, 2019 at 4:08am	Print Post
	It was a real interesting part of U.S. and world history. Kind of a precursor to the U.N.


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #6 - May 14^th, 2019 at 10:11pm	Print Post
	King Carp, here is some more Boxer Rebellion from an earlier post on this forum. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Boxer rebellion krag? Reply #7 - May 15^th, 2019 at 1:42pm	Print Post
	Thank you. It is really great that you have a record of your great grand father's service to our country. What an adventure that must have been for him. I have told the owners of the krag rifle about checking for a relative who might have served in China. They do not seem too excited about it. To each his own I guess. They are not military collectors. The rifle is just something they inherited at some point. Thanks again, kc


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