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1898 Krag Rifle #288611 (Read 1581 times)

Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:09am	Print Post
	This is a 1898 Krag rifle I bought at the same time as the carbine. #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:10am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:11am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:11am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #4 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:12am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #5 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:13am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #6 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:13am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle Reply #7 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:14am	Print Post
	1898 Krag Rifle #294496
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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #8 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 6:34am	Print Post
	Nice looking rifle. Barrel-band is on backwards. ("U" should be on right-side). What's the serial number? You have posted your carbine's serial number and mixed in some carbine pictures with the rifle's. Very confusing!


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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #9 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 8:01am	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Feb 7^th, 2020 at 6:34am: Nice looking rifle. Barrel-band is on backwards. ("U" should be on right-side). What's the serial number? You have posted your carbine's serial number and mixed in some carbine pictures with the rifle's. Very confusing! #294496 sorry about the confusion. I was trying to get them all posted. Only the second picture has the carbine in it along with the rifle. The rest of them are pictures of the rifle.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #10 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 4:59pm	Print Post
	'JeffL' - Your Krag rifle, #294496, was assembled around October to December, 1900. Both your 'new' rifle and carbine (#288611) have Italian walnut stocks and hand-guards (quite pretty - IMHO). Both arms are setup for the model 1902 sight. Both arms also have the "headless cocking-piece". This development was an economy move that proved to be more expensive than the regular 'knobbed' cocking-piece. The "headless cocking-piece" was disapproved in October, 1900. This cocking-piece was used on both carbines and rifles. It was in the 'supply stream' at Springfield when your Krags were assembled. I think, you have a couple of Krags, assembled in the same time period, with interesting and authentic features.


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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #11 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 11:30pm	Print Post
	Both arms are setup for the model 1902 sight. [/quote] Would the 1901C sight work and be correct on it? Do you think the wood has been varnished? Can it be cleaned off?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 4:18am	Print Post
	The opening in your hand-guard is for the m-1902 rear-sight. The m-1901 rear-sight has a different opening in its hand-guards. I would not mess with the wood finish. If you are inexperienced, you will make it ugly. Try rubbing some Linseed Oil on the wood and see if some of it is absorbed. Try some 'Pledge' furniture polish.


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Jeff L KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 43 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2020	Re: 1898 Krag Rifle #288611 Reply #13 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 2:04pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the information.


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