Krag Collectors Association Forum

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...