Krag Collectors Association Forum

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...

When I look at the "double JSA" photo, I think I see 2 faint outlines of part of an inspector's stamp above them.

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...

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...

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...

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".

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...

I guess all this is about football.

Here's a competitor, lost out in the experiments before the Martini-Henry was adopted. This is an Alex Henry, made by BSA in 1869, perhaps in their first week (or day?) of production, the 5th rifle produced. The BSA "APU" action patent use number started with 5. This rifle has an APU 9 sta...

To me, some of the bullet holes look a bit tipped. Is that a function of the photos?