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- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: Kongsberg stockmakers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3298
Re: Kongsberg stockmakers
An ordinary young man could have had a far worse job. How many stocks, 1894 to the end of production. I don't remember when that was.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: 1898 .30-40 vs 1894 6.5x55 for action stregnth?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8503
Re: 1898 .30-40 vs 1894 6.5x55 for action stregnth?
I'm old, also, but I seem to recall that, once upon a time, MP's Krag destruction article was posted here.Dick Hosmer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:36 pm Wasn't the whole thing also posted here - and so should be available somehow - or was it by link reference only? Hope it isn't gone - was kinda neat . . .
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Boxer Rebellion II: Revenge of the Boxers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1217
Re: Boxer Rebellion II: Revenge of the Boxers
If I read the news correctly some time back, the HNIC in China gave the Peoples Liberation Army a 2027 date to solve the Taiwan problem. Building military (missile) platforms on all those South China Sea reefs is a necessary step before invading Taiwan and that step is not done. That closes the Sout...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Boxer Rebellion II: Revenge of the Boxers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1217
Re: Boxer Rebellion II: Revenge of the Boxers
I agree that Biden is a disaster, but our country is looking at the beginning of WW3. Ukraine is a replay of Belgium in 1916. Maybe maskirova, a distraction to divert our attention from the invasion of Taiwan. When that happens, we'll lose a third of our Navy and access to a lot of computer chips. A...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Almost As Bad As Kamala Harris' Word Salads!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 709
Re: Almost As Bad As Kamala Harris' Word Salads!
Is the color a function of the photo/camera pic? Or is it the color of the Krag receiver? The color is about right for what we called "Krag purple" back in the '50s and '60s.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:24 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Clean Sized Brass After Firing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3586
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: Krag in 6.5x54 MS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3597
Re: Krag in 6.5x54 MS
The M-S cartridge diameter is observably and measurably less than the 6.5x55 at all locations from case head to shoulder. Seems to me that altering the barrel required more than just cutting off the breech end and re-cutting the threads. Would they have reamed out the chamber and put in a chambered ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: 71
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6411
Re: 71
But it's easy to find a trapdoor. I've been messing with this stuff since the late 50s, all over the country, and I've never even seen a Remington-Lee, for sale. I might have seen one for show, but not sure. To me, they are museum pieces.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Cast bullets in the Krag
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3628
Re: Cast bullets in the Krag
If you read the old books, 311284 was designed for the Krag, back about 1900 (+/-).
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: Krags and Polar Bears
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4060
Re: Krags and Polar Bears
The original photo is much clearer than this. It had to be reduced too much to post it here. Martha knew a lot about cartridges. Even when she was 90, she could recognize any that were used in the Arctic during her time. In the Arctic, money had no value because there was nothing to buy. But cartrid...