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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Grandpa's Krag
- Replies: 8
- Views: 339
Re: Grandpa's Krag
If it were my rifle with the same family connections, used by grandfather and father, I wouldn't change anything. The memories and family stories are what should be preserved. So few of us have anything like that. After much thought, I might turn the barrel band around. And I might try to find a sco...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: What to do now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 441
Re: What to do now?
I don't know where you are, but a new barrel or a replacement barrel would seem a long shot. Is it even possible to put a liner in an old military barrel? Have you slugged the barrel? That's the cheapest way to get a "feel" for the problem. Maybe there is a tight spot in the middle, or a l...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Feeling Lucky?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 333
Re: Feeling Lucky?
No, but I wasn't in my 80s, either. I've never before experienced a panic attack like that. Like wearing a tight-fitting hoodie. If I fell into the river, I was done for.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:53 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Feeling Lucky?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 333
Re: Feeling Lucky?
She could probably pee easily if she had a chain mail skirt. Many years ago, I put on a chain mail shirt with a hood. I panicked instantly, could not get it off fast enough.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
- Replies: 15
- Views: 706
Re: My 2nd Krag - Late 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
It pivots right to left in an arc. The slotted screw is the axle (?) or pivot pin. You can see by the wear markings that the peep has been moved before. The circular indent in the peep face will slip into the hole bored into the rear of the main sight body. You ought not to break anything. It was ma...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Novel folding tang sight?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2704
Re: Novel folding tang sight?
Interesting, I'd never before seen one. But how about windage adjustment? What if it didn't shoot straight? Windage adjustment would require drifting the front sight, not always possible. Re the catalog listing: Most, if not all of those models had tangs that were factory drilled & tapped for ta...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Friendly skies? bummer insignia!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 457
Re: Friendly skies? bummer insignia!
Also, no armament? And - what's that hanging beneath the fuselage? An extra gas tank. If you dig deep enough, that's probably some sort of unit or squadron insignia. Those P-12s stayed in service a long time, IIRC, through the 1930s, maybe even into 1940-41. They were probably fun to fly and the ol...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Amoskeag Auction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3601
Re: Amoskeag Auction
I went back to the Timed Auction pages, all the Lot #s 2000 and up. #2002 was an 1896 rifle, went for $1200. #2024 was an 1898 rifle. Sight was wrong, but the barrel was excellent. $720. That buyer did OK. #2047 was another 1898 rifle, not as good as #2024. $720. #2048 was a 92/96 rifle with a 1894 ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:11 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Interesting Florida Gun Shop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2123
Re: Interesting Florida Gun Shop
There is a lot of specialized collector interest in rifles made on that machinery. I've always wanted an Axel Peterson single shot barrel on a Winchester or Ballard action, esp. a .22 Long Rifle. If not that, a .32/40.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:37 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Amoskeag Auction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3601
Re: Amoskeag Auction
After you pay for shipping, plus some sort of fees to the auction house, do you realize a profit when you sell? And then you factor in inflation. I looked at everything of interest to me (not modern pistols, AK or AR-based junk, or shotguns, or just ordinary ho-hum stuff). A rancher friend died a fe...