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Thank you guys for all the help, I will soak it and brush it out and let you know how it goes, I have some cerrosafe on order so I'll do a chamber casting if nothing else and go from there. Here are some pictures of the rifle, it is a cool configuration although not original, it was my first step in...

Alright so from reciever to the center of the first sight hole is 3.315 on my calipers so that should be about right, also I have the pictures of the p marking and the alignment line. Also it has what I believe to be an 1896 sight which as far as I know would be incorrect for an 1898 with serial num...

these are some pictures of the chamber

I will take a picture as soon as I get home, on a 12 hour plus day so it may be late this evening, I appreciate all the help so far and hopefully a picture of the chamber will give more insight

Yes that ring on the brass is new after tightly closing the bolt, although I have no bore scope I looked at the chamber with a light as well as I could and then used a bamboo skewer to feel the shoulder area of the chamber, it doesn't get stuck on anything and feels like a smooth transition from cha...

20210407_080627.jpg 20210407_081552.jpg 20210407_081532.jpg 20210407_081658.jpg Alright so one is the factory brass before being put into the chamber, there is also the only mark on the barrel, it appears to be a P but it is not inline with the barrel and the receiver . Below is some scratches on t...

I have cleaned it well using a bronze brush on the chamber area with no change,

it is the ring right around the shoulder

So first post on a forum of any kind, so forgive me if this is in the incorrect place. Backstory is I have always been interested in Krag rifles but I was uneducated on configuration or authenticity. I have always been into guns but this was my first step into the milsurp world, I found a 1898 Krag ...