Krag Collectors Association Forum

The three sighting notches indicate an M1898 type sight but the flip up peep sight indicates it was updated to an M1902 pattern and one of the later patterns at that. The big problems with the 1898 sight were the three notches which could be confusing and that they were calibrated for the 2200 fps l...

Value is going to depend almost entirely on shooting condition. Your serial number is waaay outside the M1898 carbine range so you have a cut down rifle which really hurts collector value. If the bore is good you are probably talking $300 to $400 anymore. Some of those cut down rifles can be really ...

You have a really late M1898 rifle that has been cut back as well as restocked. A carbine would have a 22 inch barrel but the front sight was dovetailed into the top of the barrel and soldered rather than being a band type. Also, though there are a few M1898 carbines their numbers are much earlier t...

Sounds like a 1901 rear sight. They are one of the Buffington family of rear sights along with the 1884 for the trapdoor Springfield and the 1905 for the M1903.

Nothing really special to know. The one I was taught was to cradle the rifle in your left arm and open the bolt. Place the fingers of the left hand on the magazine door and pres upward on the nose of the extractor while rotating the bolt further to the left with your right hand. When reinstalling it...

I have not seen an Engineers carbine for quite a few years but Danish and Norwegian Krags seem to keep values on par with equivalent U.S. models in similar condition. Since the U.S. didn't have a specific engineers carbine I would compare it to the M1899 cavalry carbine. My guess would be $700 range.

Nord--Deep sympathy on the death of your father. We buried the body of one of my uncles (almost 95 years old) on Friday. I know that it was only the old tent that he had lived in but it did look very much like him. We do lovingly remember those we have known in this world who are no longer with us b...

The 220 gr. full jacket bullet was also used for civilian loadings. Military loadings by commercial producers will have a manufacturers mark and a date but will not say what the cartridge name is. For example, civilian Winchester will be head stamped WRA .30 USA but military will be WRA 29, 30 or 31.

I'd suggest purchasing a good reloaders guide from your friendly neighborhood gun store. Lyman, for example, and a number of others all publish good sane manuals. The guys who make departures from original military loading specs usually are going with either a lighter or softer bullet and going slow...

Nearest I can guess is that it is referring to the NRA carbines built at Benicia Arsenal in the late 20s after the supply of true carbines had been exhausted.