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I love the wood on this! Much better than the wood on my sportered (butchered) example. Awesome job!

Sounds great... Could you post some pictures please?

Can you remove the parts from one to build up the other?

I know what you mean... sometimes, they really want to pull the wool over your eyes so they can get you to buy something that they have convinced you is worth it... until you get home and realize you were taken! This Krag truly did look very good. Incidentallly, of the three trapdoors, the worse loo...

I visited Cabelas this morning, and I always check to see what rifles are for sale... This morning, in addition to three 1873 Trapdoor rifles, I discovered a Beautiful 1898 Krag rifle. Very clean with little pitting. Bore looked great. The stock was immaculate with both proof mark and cartouche inta...

That is a beautiful Carbine! Looks to be in great condition too. You should check to make certain it's not loaded... considering that it's cocked.

I totally agree with you Dick... If my family had been killed, I would never even have involved with the show! I think it's more that the prop guys weren't worried about authenticity! It wouldn't have been the first time... Many shows back then were for more entertainment value than anything else. <...

I'll try to remove them... I know that there is a reasonably priced weaver mount that attaches with the original sight screw holes. Thanks for the info!

<blockquote>psteinmayer: It looks like someone put extra tapped holes in the top (for some purpose?). <br />For very little money and effort you could rehabilitate and make useful the Iron Sights on your Krag Sporter. You have a nice Krag Sporter for hunting and the Rifle Range.</blockquote><br /><b...

<blockquote>You might want to look into a long eye relief pistol scope which could be mounted over the center of the bore. If a conventional scope is mounted on the receiver, it needs to be offset so as to permit ejection which is almost straight up. Such installations also require that the safety b...