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- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: Krags and Polar Bears
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4482
Re: Krags and Polar Bears
Yes, good story, BUT, bolsjeviks and French foreign legion in Norway????????????? Bolsheviks were only successful in Russia, but there were militant groups elsewhere. That's what ultimately led to Finland's independence. The cause was popular among Norwegian coal miners, to the point of an actual r...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: The DCM, the NRA, and the Krag Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4958
Re: The DCM, the NRA, and the Krag Carbine
Source. Got it from a much older than me guy who remembered his father getting it "from the army" when he was just a kid. Got it in the late 1980s.butlersrangers wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:25 pm Waterman, how do you know it is a "Benicia Carbine"?
Camel tracks on the stock?
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: European Krags
- Topic: Krags and Polar Bears
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4482
Re: Krags and Polar Bears
Back in 1974, I met an tiny old woman who told me a tale about Krags and Polar Bears. In 1916, she had just graduated from Columbia University, in Manhattan, with a degree in Applied Arts. She was a professional photographer. On her 20th birthday (1916), she married Ken, a geologist employed by a No...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: The DCM, the NRA, and the Krag Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4958
Re: The DCM, the NRA, and the Krag Carbine
My understanding of the purpose behind the Benecia carbines was to keep a skilled workforce employed. Post-WW1 War Dept budgets had been cut, but the professionals, especially the Navy, expected a war with Japan, probably in the Philippines. Benecia was the only west coast arsenal, and was on a dire...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: J.F.C. Stock Cartouche on 1898 Krag Rifle?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 17310
Re: J.F.C. Stock Cartouche on 1898 Krag Rifle?
When I look at the "double JSA" photo, I think I see 2 faint outlines of part of an inspector's stamp above them.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Senate Border Bill unveiled ....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1460
Re: Senate Border Bill unveiled ....
Truth! And certainly not funny. Even if you do not like Trump , or simply consider him to be the lesser of two weevils, we have GOT to get rid of the current shitshow in DC (AND those in the Liberal/Woke large cities) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The good old days of Harry Truman, and Democrats who lo...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: Want To Put An Unusual Barrel On A Krag
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3317
Re: Want To Put An Unusual Barrel On A Krag
Back in the days of $2 Krags, the Krag cartridge was considered by some to be "too powerful" for deer hunting. The issue bullet was apt to go completely through the deer and keep on going. When I started messing with Krags in the 1950s, I saw several rebarreled to .30/30. I never saw one r...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Krag Better Than M16?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3186
Re: Krag Better Than M16?
The .276 that the Brits used for the P13 was close to a non-belted magnum in performance. Great for riflemen, but it would have produced an army of flinchers if they tried to train conscripts with it. Great rifle, really good sights, but Oh My! It was a loudenboomer! The .276 Pedersen was a worked o...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Looking for a sporterized stock
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14197
Re: Looking for a sporterized stock
I'm glad the hot blue worked properly. I've seen a lot of them turn an ugly shade of purple. Back in the 50s and 60s, it was so common we called it "Krag purple".
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Other Firearms
- Topic: 1887 Enfield Martini Henry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8410
Re: 1887 Enfield Martini Henry
I've never really put the AH on paper. The military sights go up to something like 1200 yards. I loaded some cases with 48 grains of FFg, compressed the load and followed that with greased wads. Used commercial RCBS 480 grain lead bullets supposedly for the M-H. They seated "properly". I w...