I have the Poyer book on the Krag rifles. Is it worth the expense to get a copy of Brophy's book? Am I gonna' get THAT much more info than what Poyer gives?
Thanks
Jon

'musketjon' - It depends on your passion, interests, love of books, interest in history, and future orientation & direction in collecting.

IMHO:
A general collector of arms or a person, whose primary interest is in shooting and maintaining his rifle, may be happy with just the Poyer book.

Franklin Mallory's book, "The Krag Rifle Story", 2nd edition, has most of his Krag SRS Data, in addition to, Springfield Armory manufacture of the Krag (from Scientific American), evolution of the various Krag models, and good documentation of parts changes, finishes, and refurbishing.

William Brophy's book, "The Krag Rifle", is strong on the rifle trials that resulted in adoption of the Krag, good photographs, and very good coverage on Norwegian and Danish models.

when you are ready to got to Krag School get this:

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Don't let the self deprecating language throw you off. He has years under his belt doing research. He knows more about Krags than any person alive.

He is doing a whole series of books on US Militariia. The Krag happened to be #6, but it got finished first. A very good source of information, presented in a "different" way. Don't ask me to explain his style of writing - but it's WELL worth the price.

musketjon wrote on Nov 28^th, 2019 at 5:29am:


The fact that it is volume 6 is, among other things, Joe being Joe. The book is about Krags, but it is about so much more. And true, Joe has a pile of other books in his head.

You can pick up the book and start reading anywhere in it.

It will not make me any friends but someone has to say it: Joe knows more about Krags, living or dead, than anyone else. It's a simple fact. He understands the rifles, the military culture that they existed in, and that spawned them, and he seems to have a pretty good understanding of how things were happening at Springfield Armory as well as the relationship of Springfield to Rock Island and both to the Army.

Purchase his book and then get access to his website.

By the way, If you care about Tanks, he has a free treatise on Tanks on his website.

Does Joe Farmer's book cover the Stevens-Pope barrels and the Gallery Practice Rifles?