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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #180 on: November 23, 2020, 01:51:27 AM »
  My Krag carbine seems to be a Mutt.  Drilled and tapped for the receiver site.  Leather GI style sling w front band and and rear inletted swivel.  Old red rubber recoil pad.  It had Williams front and rear sites when I bought it from the pawn shop.
I bought  rear and front sites, from S&S.   Still thinking on a replacment barrel.  My local gunsmith thinks its shootable.
SARCO RECEIVER and Numrich modified 1903 barrels might get things better.    Now get the money from my budget???  LOL.

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #181 on: November 23, 2020, 09:38:27 AM »
Hi
You can buy new barrels from Criterion / CMP.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #182 on: November 24, 2020, 07:45:08 AM »
 Then i would have more in the barrel and handguard, than the cost over the counter.   I am trying to make it a shooter,  not museum piece.    And on a retirees budget.

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #183 on: November 24, 2020, 10:11:42 AM »
Is it shootable as it is now? Give it a try. Start with .311 200 gr boolits and go from there. Might surprise you. Good luck.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #184 on: January 22, 2021, 11:47:35 PM »
which receiver rear site was used on the DCM carbines?  and are they still available?

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #185 on: January 23, 2021, 04:22:18 AM »
Went back and review this thread and saw this photo

That break was very similar to the Constabulary/cadet rifle I found at the Melbourne Fl. Gun show Jan 2020.
(completely separated along a grain line  but held together with electrical friction tape

I repaired it  :) 

 
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #186 on: January 23, 2021, 04:25:54 AM »
I wrote the tutorial for the NCOWs Shootist , the repair turned out great.

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #187 on: January 23, 2021, 07:54:42 PM »
Very nice repair on my favorite version of a Krag. Looks good.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #188 on: January 23, 2021, 09:59:47 PM »
Thank you Ed

I had no choice few Constabulary/cadet rifles still exist

I believe there were just 500 Constabulary produced and most went into Manilla Bay,   a very few survived 

I think just 400 cadet rifles... :-\

any replacement stock would be rare and on some other somebody's  gun .  ::)

I considered a Carbine stock , and retro fit the gun, but if a loose Carbine stock were found,  it'd be $ BUCKS
and the muzzle fit (for Bayonet )  a dead give away.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #189 on: June 27, 2022, 10:20:23 AM »
Resurrecting an old sticky thread, because it does pertain to the Krag.

I acquired this 1900 date Krag Bayonet. there is no history or provenance as whom or when it was cut down to a fighting/trench knife.
The grinding down left many marks & scratches, so I worked on polishing most of those out.
The scabbard is shorter than standard by a few inches, if it was cut down or is for something else is not known.  :-\
My plan is to mount it on a wall hanging display to represent WW1 trench knife at the Museum.

I also acquired a MAS 36 cruciform spike bayonet, it however is missing the grip/rifle attachment.
I'll have to fabricate something:-\
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #190 on: June 27, 2022, 10:41:06 AM »
That does look like a shortened 2nd pattern US Krag bayonet scabbard.
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #191 on: June 27, 2022, 11:50:37 AM »
That's what I thought
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #192 on: June 27, 2022, 05:48:07 PM »
Could that be a 5th variation made for West Point? (Poyer, 207)
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #193 on: June 27, 2022, 06:08:21 PM »
No, you can tell by the fuller configuration that it's a cut down.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #194 on: July 03, 2022, 06:30:19 AM »
The blade is marked 1900 ,
perhaps it is a Cadet scabbard and cut down blade it is about 3" shorter than the scabbard.

IF it is, it a real shame because the Cadet version is way rarer
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #195 on: December 12, 2022, 03:33:05 PM »
Does anybody out there have a place I could get some 220gr round points- both Midway and Natchez are out of stock.

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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #196 on: December 13, 2022, 11:36:38 AM »
Does anybody out there have a place I could get some 220gr round points- both Midway and Natchez are out of stock.
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #197 on: December 13, 2022, 02:35:51 PM »
Jerry, Have you tried these?  Anyone else?
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #198 on: December 13, 2022, 03:35:04 PM »
Yes, it's what I'm using in my Krag. Although, recently I've been shooting my 45-70's a lot more than the Krag
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Re: Care and feeding of the Krag
« Reply #199 on: December 13, 2022, 06:30:43 PM »
How fast are you pushing them?  If you can run them even close to 2,000fps, they'd be a lot less expensive option for long range.  One could even put a gas check on to make them even "more gooder"!
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