22 Hornet Heavy Barrel Krag Sporter

[Rcat7147]

Thought you guys might be interested in the construction details of this little beauty.
If I were planning on keeping it, I think I'd turn that barrel down to a military profile and return it, as close as I could, to a military appearance. That's just me though.

[Rcat7147]

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[Hoot]

Very interesting. Single shot I presume? Is that a forward anchor point on the front action ring?

[Rcat7147]

Yup, single shot and that is indeed a forward anchor point.
The military krag wouldve been well served by such an arrangement!

[FredC]

They must have added to the hook on the extractor to make that work. I see the bolt end recess has been bushed. We can barely see the barrel, is it stainless? Does not look too bad on a receiver that has all the color worn off. With a foward hold down on the receiver you could do a full floating barrel.

[Rcat7147]

Theres a light coat of rust starting to form so the barrel is not stainless.
I think it was just a 22 caliber blanks that was threaded for this action.

[butlersrangers]

I have thought about having a poor condition full-length Krag barrel, lined for .22 'Hornet'. (Although, a carbine would be ultra cool)!

I envision a Liner only going about 20 inches down the bore and being machined at the breech-end, to fit within the Krag Bolt-Flange.
The extractor tip would have to be lengthened like on the Posted Sporter.

I like the cartridge, but, I'm not sure of the pressures involved.
I'd leave the receiver as "Issued". A single-shot Krag doesn't bother me.

Thanks for posting this novel Krag!

[Rcat7147]

I briefly thought about just taking the barrel and bolt for a build on another receiver. Those are really the only parts that need be different than military issue.

[King carp]

The Frank dehaas book "bolt action rifles"talks about the krag, hornet combination. It seems to have been a thrifty way to put a varmit rifle together back in the day. Depending when the conversion was done it might take .223 or .224 pills. My uncle had a .22 hornet on his farm. It had a low report and was accurate on vermin.