Krag Collectors Association Forum

Thought that I’d mention that I used a m1a walnut handguard on my buds carbine to school rifle project. Used steel mauser handguard clips. We tried it on my buds assembled rifle Saturday with his warm [read hot] handloads and it held. Might be an alternative if you have woodworking skills. I’ve use...

Hi Warpspasm, IMHO: I personally would not want to modify an original Krag 1896 hand guard as they are very expensive and hard to come by. Another alternative is to use a repro hand guard, however they are also becoming a hard to find item as well. The web site, listed below, used to be a good sour...

'Warpspasm' - I believe you typed model 1892 sight, when you meant model 1902. You are in the wrong decade and century! This may be confusing to others, because there is a model 1892 sight. This was the sight put on our first U.S. Krag, "The U.S. Magazine Rifle - model of 1892", which sta...

A model 1896 carbine barrel-band will fit on your rig. It will look goofy with your model 1902 rear-sight, because it was 'shaped' for the 1896 sight. It will be retained by the stock and band-spring, but, IMHO - it will look strange without a hand-guard. What you have looks pleasant and useful. (I...

Attached photo shows a model 1896 (rifle) sight with an 1896 carbine stock, hand-guard and barrel-band. The correct carbine sight looks similar, but, is graduated to '20' and has other subtle differences and "c" markings. Will the 1896 carbine band work on this rifle if I don't use a hand...

Your question about hand guards is very appropriate. The hand guard has to be correct for the exact Krag rear sight that you have. All of the Krag rear sights have the same screw holes but may require slightly different screws depending on which sight you mount. The Krags are known for quite a vari...

I don't have my records in front of me right now but the M1898 rifles did not officially start until around serial number 109,000. The M1898 carbines started around the 120,000 range serial number. Roughly, again. Someone else might be able to be more precise but your serial number matches the rece...

Thanks for the quick response. I didn't really expect any collector value from this gun, but I've always wanted one. I think it's interesting that the serial number is in the 1898 range, but the carbine is actually an 1896. I ordered a steel butt plate from Numerich today and I'm pretty confident I ...

I just got my first Krag today, but I'm not actually sure what I have. It's in, what I think is, an actual 1896 saddle ring carbine stock. The receiver has the serial number 80266, which from what I gather means it should be an 1898 rifle. BUT, the receiver is stamped Model 1896. The bore is bright ...