Krag Collectors Association Forum

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Hi
In the late nintenfiftis som 3000 M94 vere converted to .22lr from used rifles and parts. The barels were driled exsentric so that the cartirge lined upp betwin the extractor and firing pin.
Bjarne

Hi<br />Back in 1894 the 6,5x55 were developt for combined millitery of Sweden/Norway and the pressurestandars were set to 3500 bar.<br />Later (1967) the Norwegian rifleasosiasjen(DFS) lowerd the max presure for Kragammo to 3300 bar, and the CIP standard for 6,5x55 is incresed to 3800 bar. Comersia...

Hi<br />Asuming that the Remington ammo is loaded whit a 140 grain or ligter bullet it should be ok to use on regular basis, but as known asuming kan be the motter of F--. the 6,5x55 was originaly loaded to a preasure of max 3500bar and this is the SAAMI standard hovever europen ammo is loaded to CI...

Hi
KV did convert som 3000 krags to .22lr in the late 50`s. thise rifles vere first used for army training and later handed to DFS.
Bjarne

Hi
You are corect in asuming thise parts are norwegian. The holdback pin is itegral in the flange on the righ side of the extractor, the reshaped claws migt be from .22 converts.
Bjarne

Hi <br />The gun you have there is one of 1950 prodused that year, unfortunatly yours is cut down both barel and stoc and the upper handgarde is mising, this i think reduses its value significant. Here you can se one in original state http://www.kvf.no/vaapen.php?type=Rifle&weaponid=RIF0200<br /...

The krag was designed for a 3500 bar load, however later recommended to max 3300bar. Modern ammo is loaded from ca 2500 bar(6,5g bullet @ 800ms) to 3800 bar (9g bullet @850ms). you should never fire a 3800 bar load in a krag.