Krag Collectors Association Forum

The lower serial numbers ARE less common, because they were used harder, and, they are definitely UNcommon - if not rare - when found in "as-issued" configuration. The first picture in the Krag album on my picture page will show you a full-length unaltered M1892 rifle.<br /><br />Most of t...

Sorry, but am not clear on your question. What did you mean by "anything special"? There are only four 68xx rifles listed with SRS, so the odds are 25-1 against there being any unique info available for that particular gun. When you say "altered", did you mean the official altera...

The extractor was finished by the niter blue (chemical) process - this results in a rather "thin"-looking, often very "bright" blue, or purplish, tone, totally unlike that of the barrel which was rust-blued to a much darker color.<br /><br />The extractor rivet can easily be tapp...

<IMG src="http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL847/1810362/3515960/119508441.jpg" alt="img"><br /><br />I recently acquired a Model 1920 arms rack, then rigged for 20 M1911 pistols and 20 M1903 Rifles, which I hoped would hold my Krags. It had already had several different holes (some regulation, some n...

Your stock has been cut off. It should run to within a couple of inches of the muzzle, and have a rifle upper band, with bayonet lug, secured by a transverse screw. That is how the bayonet is attached. The front sight blade appears to have been replaced with a sporting type, which may at one time ha...

I recently acquired a nice 1894-dated bayonet, with an original M1892 "keystone" scabbard, to go with my unaltered rifle #2546. The scabbard has a couple of dents - - that is how I could afford the set! :-) In browsing through Mallory/2nd, I noticed the "dent remover". Has anyone...

There were only 100 of those, distinguished by a 26" barrel, special rear sight, and very special stock. Your number IS fairly close, but no cigar. In any event, sporterizing a BoOF rifle would TOTALLY destroy the collector value, unless you scored a DIRECT serial number hit in the SRS database...

After having seen the second two pictures, I would have to say, very probably it WAS a school gun, which has (sadly) been FURTHER modified, by someone outside of SA. It appears "restorable" but that opens up the ethics can - best to just appreciate it as a family memory, take it to the ran...

I'd really like to see a shot of the upper band, from the bottom, AND the filler in the stock. <br /><br />The barrel turning looks OK, the front sight blade has obviously been fooled with. I was briefly confused by his comment about band retention - I THINK he means the front of the (lower) band ha...