Krag Collectors Association Forum

'Texxut' - Welcome to the KCA Forum! You have a nice looking model 1898 Krag rifle. There is no listing for serial number 374869 in the SRS Data. Only around 4% of the U.S. Krag serial numbers were actually found by researchers digging through old government documents. Your rifle, 374869, was assemb...

In 1902, Springfield Armory built 100 'experimental/trial' Krag rifles with 26 inch barrels. These were called Board of Ordnance & Fortifications Rifles and were tested at Fort Drum, N.Y. The intent was to have a compromise ('combined services') Krag, that eliminated the need to have both a carb...

Thanks for the 'heads-up'. Nice guns go fast!

The photos of your rebuilt Krag look nice. I hope she performs well for you!

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', ...

May the 4th be with You, Kentucky Derby, and Cinco de Mayo!

'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...