Hey folks,
In response to Andiarisaka, I have carefully looked at the photos on the Krag Collectors Asssociation site, and I am pretty certain the rear sight on my Krag matches the 1902 rear sight...
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Hey folks,
In response to Andiarisaka, I have carefully looked at the photos on the Krag Collectors Asssociation site, and I am pretty certain the rear sight on my Krag matches the 1902 rear sight...
Hey folks,
Between September 1990 and the end of 1995, as a firearms dealer I purchased and sold dozens of SKS rifles. All of the SKS rifles I received were newly manufactured Chinese Norinco...
Hey Badger and Kragluver,
I just stuck the flat end of a cleaning rod down the muzzle, opened the bolt a bit to make sure the rod was resting on the bolt face, closed the bolt, and then I used a...
Hey Badger,
Yes sir. That is the only mark I thought might possible be a "C". As I started writing this response, I went and got my bigger magnifying head set and a brighter light. I think I...
Hey folks,
In Post #4, Kragluver mentioned the carbine's front sight was stamped with a "C" which he thought the picture of my front sight seemed to show. I looked at the picture of my front...
Hey Limpetmine,
I may have misunderstood what your intention for this thread was, but it seems to me you are requesting and recording serial numbers for Long Branch No.4 Mk1 rifles. If that is...
Hey Andi,
I thought Orest was top dog when I was last there 12 or 13 years ago. If he wasn't top dog at that time, then whoever was top dog of that warehouse was making sure Orest was out in...
Hey Badger,
The serial number on my Krag is 216299, and according to a list of Krag serial numbers attributed to Brophy, my Model 1898 Krag was produced in the 1899 fiscal year which ended 30 June...
Sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s, my father and grandfather bought US Army Krag rifles through some government sponsored program which I suspect was something akin to our CMP of today. I...
Hey andiarisaka,
Before I retired from the Defense Logistics Agency in 1997, I used to go to Anniston Army Depot on business every now and then, and I met a fellow in the warehouse that managed...