Krag rifle marked 1894

[scottz63]

Looks pretty good to me. Maybe try some natural light outside shots though? Sometimes they look a bunch better.

[rustychip1959]

I would like to take it outside, but right now the air temp is 2 above ZERO. I think it will wait until it warms up a little.

I have owned this rifle for close to 40 years, why all of a sudden I have taken an interest in it again is anybody's guess, What I didn't realize is how few 1894's are out there. And to think I thought about selling it a few years back because I hadn't shot it and it was taking up gun safe space.

I bought this from a local gunsmith who was also a Krag collector(he passed away quite a few years ago)now I wonder what happened to all his rifles. But this I don't think was his own, I think he was selling it on consignment for someone else.

As I remember he had a dozen or so rifles but most were carbines, now I wonder how many were unmolested.

[butlersrangers]

Closeup detail photos, on a rainy or cloudy day with defuse lighting, will show texture, contours, and markings more clearly.
Seeing 'sections' of a long gun shows more than the 'overall' shots.

[rustychip1959]

I'll see what I can do, the stock on my rifle is to me very nice and I have been trying to capture that, I may just have to get a little closer and show more sections.

Plus it's hard to show the color of the wood as it really looks, which is a nice dark walnut.

[scottz63]

Good outdoor lighting really brings out the detail and color of the nice walnut on these Krags. When weather permits of course. Lol

This pic was on a sunny day but under the shade of a tree in my yard. The wood came out true to life in color and detail.

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[rustychip1959]

scottz63 and butlersrangers, that's what I'm trying to duplicate, your pictures show sharp detail and the color of the walnut. I might try to break it down in 4 or 5 good sections.

[butlersrangers]

'scottz63' is correct. Even/diffuse natural light, either indoors or outdoors, eliminates shadows and highlights color, texture and detail.

The O.P. has a very nice Krag.

Shadows and glare will blemish a good view.

A couple of reworked views of the O.P.'s photo - better, but still some shadow and blur.