Parkhurst carbine

[scottz63]

That's the way I understood it when I saw the actual clip. The "T" part of the clip was sprung back as it was inserted to move out of the way of the rim of the cartridges to allow them to freely fall into the magazine. Pretty ingenious.

[Tom Butts]

Here is another photo from my Parkhurst. I thought I had posted it before with the others, but I guess not. What do people make of it? I would say probably aftermarket, but wonder why it might have been done.
It looks to be a shallow hole drilled in the bolt handle cut out of the stock. Has anyone seen this before on a Krag? I have not. 1/2" diameter, about 3/16" deep.

[scottz63]

Interesting. I think that has been there for a very long time. Maybe since new even.

[butlersrangers]

I am noticing 'impression marks' in the wood (arrows). I suspect a model 1896 bolt was being used with your 'Parkhurst' carbine, at some time.

The drilled hole in the stock 'notch' may have been an attempt to achieve some wood-clearance for an incorrect model 1896 bolt-handle?

[Bill Rogers]

I have been so busy looking all over the internet and GB for sights on my sporter I saw a Krag Rifle on GB yesterday with the same trimmed down knurled bolt as you show here. The one on GB is a full rifle with bayonet and it looks pretty good in the pictures. When I was looking at it yesterday I thought about how odd that bolt looked and I don't recall ever seeing one like that before and then this came up today. So I went back to GB and threw a bid at it. Only because it's so early in the bidding it was a pretty low bid. I am keeping in my watchlist. It looked to be quite nice. How common is that smaller knurled bolt?

[butlersrangers]

Bill:

If you are referring to the 'flat area', on the bottom of the bolt handle, the bolt with the long 'flat' is an 1898 bolt.
The shorter 'flat' is a feature of model 1896 and 1892 bolts.

The model 1898 receiver had some simplification in shape and machining steps.
The receiver and stock changes (of 1898) required a longer 'flat' on the bolt-handle to provide necessary clearance.

Model 1896 bolts are not rare, but 1898 bolts are much more common.

BTW - The 1898 bolt will function in earlier Krag models.

Poyer's inexpensive book, "The American Krag Rifle and Carbine", is very useful for identifying different variations of Krag parts.

[Bill Rogers]

No my terminology was way off. It's not the actual bolt but the knurled cocking hammer. Forgive me I'm sure there is a proper word for it. I'll send a pic of what I mean. Instead of being that mushroom style that you can grab with your fingers it is knurled but goes straight back with no "lip" to grab onto.

[butlersrangers]

Oh, you were referring to the 'headless' cocking-piece on Tom's Parkhurst carbine.

[Tom Butts]

I decided to get 2 Parkhurst clips. They work so smoothly!!!

[butlersrangers]

Very nice Tom, the 'Parkhurst Clips' beautifully accessorize your carbine. Thanks for sharing!

(Any thoughts, about my theory, that the 'hole' in your stock's bolt-notch provided clearance for a model 1896 bolt-handle)?