Krag Collectors Association Forum

Your belt may have been made for sporting purposes. Mills belts were made for civilian use and most hunters don't want to carry excess quantities of ammunition. A photograph would help to identify the belt.

Those bullets look like they are cupro nickel clad. Bullet makers switched to gilding metal to avoid the fouling issues cupro nickel bullets presented. Before sending those bullets down range, Google cupro nickel fouling. Good luck.

Here's another vote for reloading using .303 British brass. Presently, I've plenty of Krag brass and will continue to reload with Krag brass. However, having experienced too many dry spells over the last 30 years, it seemed prudent to experiment. The slightly longer shoulder of .303 British cases ne...

Your cartridges may be correct factory loads. I have a few boxes of the same Winchester ammo. One full but unsealed box holds copper full patch bullets and unplated (copper colored) domed primers. Another Winchester box of the same vintage, but full of old style blanks with paper bullets had flat ni...

<r>At least one of the wristlets survived. I purchased this example at a small auction. I've never noticed any other originals. Attached to the wristlet is a tag indicating that it was originally collected by: Dr P R Madden April 30, 1907. An online search for Dr Madden finds an Eye, Ear, Nose and T...

Dear Marcus99,<br /><br />I was not really talking about timing issues when I cautioned against buying a revolver with poor lock-up. The New Armies had a weak design that with age frequently results in poor cylinder lock-up even if properly timed. My understanding is that the problem led to Colt int...

New Armies are a good go along for a Krag but do have a few curves for a shooter. One, the action is a bit weak and they tend to shoot loose. Before buying anything, confirm that the lock-up is without slop or you may split a barrel, destroy the crane and oh yeah you hand is in the mix too. Two, cyl...

There are two versions of the Pacific sighta target model and a hunting model. Neither require any wood removal, only the removal of the cut-off. The target version is a little bulkier and is adjusted via knobs. The hunting version has the exact same "frame" but is adjusted to zero via scr...

Well, the Krag sold for $1706.00. Ouch. <br /><br />Here are my queries to the seller:<br /> Q: I noticed your auction and had a couple of questions. Are there any reproduction parts on the Krag? Has anything been reworked or modified on the gun?<br /> A: As far as I know nothing has been reworked o...

Dick, it looks like a Ben Rice handguard to me--those were very, very nice handguards. What beats all is that I can make out the original and faint cartouche/proof marks beneath and off-center of the restruck marks. Those faint marks indicate an arsenal refurbishment. Why cover them up with badly st...