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by butlersrangers
Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Feeling Lucky?
Replies: 1
Views: 15

Feeling Lucky?

You would have to be ... to 'touch off' this piece of Khyber handiwork chambered in .303 British!
(A recent GunBroker auction item).

I think all the markings, including the Kabul Arsenal crest, are bogus.

You do have to admire the creativity.
by butlersrangers
Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Home at Last from Florida
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Home at Last from Florida

Cool Beans, Paul!
by butlersrangers
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Home at Last from Florida
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Home at Last from Florida

Maybe I'll hop over to Canada, tomorrow, on the almost finished 'Gordie Howe' Bridge!
by butlersrangers
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: U.S. Military Krags
Topic: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
Replies: 6
Views: 209

Re: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today

U.S. Model 1898 Krag rifle, number 451574, is not listed in the appendix tables of Mallory' book, "The Krag Rifle Story", second edition.

(Only four Krags in the 451K serial number range are mentioned in the SRS Data).
by butlersrangers
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
Topic: Not a real carbine, but I like it
Replies: 1
Views: 90

Re: Not a real carbine, but I like it

Jrmartin - That is a very nice utility Krag.
by butlersrangers
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Home at Last from Florida
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Home at Last from Florida

but ... brief visit in North Carolina was my kind of people!
by butlersrangers
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: U.S. Military Krags
Topic: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
Replies: 6
Views: 209

Re: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today

Nice accessories, Hammer.

Whig, there's a Zouave hiding in every woodpile!
by butlersrangers
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: U.S. Military Krags
Topic: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
Replies: 14
Views: 339

Re: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock

.... and maybe my hunch was completely wrong.
by butlersrangers
Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: U.S. Military Krags
Topic: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
Replies: 14
Views: 339

Re: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock

'Hammer' - You can purchase a spare 'Sgt. Peep' plate and pivot-screw, from S&S Firearms (Glendale, N.Y.) or 'Grampa's Gun Parts', for a very reasonable cost. You can then enlarge the sight-hole, on one of your 'plates', for easier sighting. Most KCA Members just use the 'V' notch. The swing-up ...
by butlersrangers
Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: U.S. Military Krags
Topic: I think it’s a 1900 JSA Dated Stamp
Replies: 6
Views: 171

Re: 1900 or 1903 JSA Dated Cartouche?

Too fuzzy to tell, the wood could be worn, sanded, or scraped?