You would have to be ... to 'touch off' this piece of Khyber handiwork chambered in .303 British!
(A recent GunBroker auction item).
I think all the markings, including the Kabul Arsenal crest, are bogus.
You do have to admire the creativity.
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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Feeling Lucky?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1876
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Home at Last from Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1628
Re: Home at Last from Florida
Cool Beans, Paul!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Home at Last from Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1628
Re: Home at Last from Florida
Maybe I'll hop over to Canada, tomorrow, on the almost finished 'Gordie Howe' Bridge!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1968
Re: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
U.S. Model 1898 Krag rifle, number 451574, is not listed in the appendix tables of Mallory' book, "The Krag Rifle Story", second edition.
(Only four Krags in the 451K serial number range are mentioned in the SRS Data).
(Only four Krags in the 451K serial number range are mentioned in the SRS Data).
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Not a real carbine, but I like it
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2231
Re: Not a real carbine, but I like it
Jrmartin - That is a very nice utility Krag.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Home at Last from Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1628
Home at Last from Florida
but ... brief visit in North Carolina was my kind of people!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1968
Re: Lucky Finds!! at military collector show today
Nice accessories, Hammer.
Whig, there's a Zouave hiding in every woodpile!
Whig, there's a Zouave hiding in every woodpile!
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2666
Re: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
.... and maybe my hunch was completely wrong.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2666
Re: My 2nd Krag - May 1903 Rifle in 1900 Stock
'Hammer' - You can purchase a spare 'Sgt. Peep' plate and pivot-screw, from S&S Firearms (Glendale, N.Y.) or 'Grampa's Gun Parts', for a very reasonable cost. You can then enlarge the sight-hole, on one of your 'plates', for easier sighting. Most KCA Members just use the 'V' notch. The swing-up ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: I think it’s a 1900 JSA Dated Stamp
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1461
Re: 1900 or 1903 JSA Dated Cartouche?
Too fuzzy to tell, the wood could be worn, sanded, or scraped?