Krag Collectors Association Forum

More of Private James G. Burton's 1902 shooting results:

I browsed through 600-plus pages of the 1902-03 Adjutant-General's Report for the Pennsylvania N.G. These reports are pretty much like watching paint dry, but there were some interesting tidbits. In 1902 the N.G.P. had a large encampment at Gettysburg. The N.G.P. had just gotten word in April 1902, ...

A cut-down model 1898 Krag rifle stock sold on eBay, yesterday. It had an interesting KEYSTONE 'marker', attached to the right side of the butt, with brads. It signified that the rifle was presented to a Pennsylvania National Guardsman, James G. Burton, in 1902, (by his Company "K" of the ...

Studying Parkhurst's patent drawings and a clear internet photo of the 'clip-guide', I see that I was a bit confused about how the 'clip' works. The Parkhurst guide has a pair of inner flanges, that are thin at the top and increase in thickness. When the clip is inserted into the Parkhurst 'guide', ...

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'03collector' - Thanks for posting your interesting recollections on a couple of known Parkhurst Krags and the wonderful pictures of your Parkhurst 'clip'. It appears, Mr. Parkhurst designed his 'device', so it would compress the lower 'arched spring' built into the 'clip', thus levering-up and unlo...

I agree with Richard H., a Parkhurst "clip" would be a major part of the story. It might be worth a call to David B. Stewart, (Granpa's Gun Parts), to see if Joe DeChristopher left a Parkhurst - Clip or two, laying around! Maybe an 'enginerd-type' can produce some clips, with a 3D - Printe...

Your recollections and observations are very interesting, Mark. It seems significant, that the failure may have been occurring over a series of several shots, and may have 'forewarned', with an increase in bolt stickiness and effort. It sounds like, the 'fired cartridge' case-heads and Krag rifle ex...

Mark, not to worry, Mr. Krag and Mr. Jorgensen were looking out for you. Even with the machining simplification,, introduced with the U.S. model 1898 Krag receiver, there was a lot of receiver metal to support the bolt guide-rib and the root of the bolt-handle, if they had to serve as 'safety-lugs'....

Mark, I guess you are saying that the bolt partially rotated 'open'?

Was part of the 'flange' on the bolt-head 'missing', before your Krag Bolt Incident?