Krag Collectors Association Forum

I also believe the cost of these clips were very expensive at the time. Parkhurst also developed the clip for the 1895 Winchester Lee Navy rifle if im correct.

I just looked at the pictures of this interesting carbine. FYI, the serial number of your carbine falls in line with two other Parkhurst carbines I know of. The first was the Parkhurst carbine that was in my friend Bill Rutter's collection that sold 2 years ago. That carbine's serial number, 288,286...

Oops, my bad - the serial number 99543 IS an 1896 model. I even posted my wrong reply twice. I've had a little too much Guinness on St. Patrick's Day.

The cleaning rod is just like the one on my 1892 rifle.

No it's dated 1898 and it's a 1896 type stock

No it's dated 1898 and it's a 1896 type stock

Over the past 72 hours I have acquired a decent late model 1896 Krag rifle, serial number 99543. This falls within a batch of rifles issued to the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (my home state). Also an early 1896 Krag carbine (AKA Model 1895), serial number 25028. This falls close to one that was ...

Can one of the experts here tell me, did they install the Stevens Pope barrels on GP receivers? I know these barrels were installed at the unit level. According to Bill Brophy's book they were installed at the unit level on rifles already on hand. Which makes me think they should be on a standard kr...

My BO&F rifle is sn.387787 they listed the wrong number in the auction catalog oops.
Thank you Butlers Ranger for the nice compliment.
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Just saw that movie Narvik. I thought it was a very good movie. To bad they can't make them like that in the U.S.