Anyone know the price range for a Krag Jorgensen rifle in Canada? A friend of mine wants to sell one.
Anyone looking for one?
I'll be taking pics of it soon.
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Anyone know the price range for a Krag Jorgensen rifle in Canada? A friend of mine wants to sell one.
Anyone looking for one?
I'll be taking pics of it soon.
I'm not sure if you're referring to the U.S. Krag, or the Norwegion version, but if it's the former, then check the United States - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)
There are a pair of "all correct" 30-40 Krags (rifle and carbine) for comparison.
Model 1898 Krag (Caliber 30-40) Rifle (click here)
Model 1899 Krag (Caliber 30-40) Carbine (click here)
Depending upon condition and rarity of dates, inspector's stamps and correct sight markings (carbines), they could run up to $1,000. I havefound that in many cases, they're actually less expensive in Canada, than in the U.S.
Regards,
Badger
I just saw this rifle. It is a Norwegian Krag Jorgensen in 6.5X55 Swedish (same as Swedish Mauser). It's a carbine that is apparently rare. It has a forend that's been cut back a bit, mismatched numbers, but otherwise in excellent condition, shiny bore, nice bluing and wood. It has an interesting action, first time I've handled one.
What's it worth? It's going up for sale, what would you list it for?
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Probably in the realm of $350 if the "Bore is Mint".
I have seen pristine models go for this price.
Otherwise she is probably worth in the realm of $100 to someone looking for a rifle with a less than desireable bore.
I dunno - a minty Krag sells for more than $350 around here...???
If you see any $350 mint Krags that aren;t sportered or any Springfields for that price either, please drop me a line so Ican BUY BUY BUY! :)
Oooops - nevermind. Just saw that it had chopped wood. In that case, $350 might be optimistic.
Based upon your added description and it being a Norwegian, I'd agree with Riflechair as to valuation. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
I have pics in my camera, I'll post em when I can download them.Quote:
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Thanks for the opinions people. Pics to follow.
If you were going to sell this rifle what price would you sell it at? I had a quick glance down the barrel and it looked very shiny, but it's the owner's rifle to describe.
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speaking of krags, besides Norweigen and US krags, have any of you seen a Danish Krag in canada? Ever?
ive seen one on Gunbroker once, but that was before questar.
Unfortunately a little bit bubbu'd, is like a little bit pregnant.
Complete Norwegian Krags are extremely rare, both here in Canada and in the US. This one appears to be a model 1894 that has been cut. It was the most common Norwegian rifle during WW2. The model 1912/16 was the other one commonly found. Either one of those, with complete wood and all parts could cost in the $1500 range. But there are so few found, and the market for those who are wanting these Norwegian surplus isn't huge, so it's hard to get an accurate gauge as to what one will bring.
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From the pic the owner showed me in a firearms book, the only bubbaing was the forend was cut back a few inches and the band discarded. Barrel etc appear uncut.
Thanks for the help people!
Stocks are practically non-existant. If you buy it, be prepared for it to be a bubba for life, to serve as a parts gun, or just to shoot. That's a $200 gun tops.
I agree. It's a $200 source of parts. I'll be surprised if anyone offers a penny more.
I think the reason why so few uncut military stocks remain is that after-market sporter stocks have never (so I believe anyways) been available, so anyone wanting to sporterize one had no alternative but to hack away at the original. Any stocks that might have been removed intact were pretty much valueless when most sporterization took place (50's-80's), and when saved are found to be very fragile when removed from the barrelled receiver, so many might have been broken and discarded.
Whatever stocks you see are in the US $300-400 range and are often without hardware (and I had to go to Norway for a front barrel band and paid US $40!). These stocks are a bugger to reproduce using a copier, but I bet that a stock manufacturer could sell a good repro for a good buck, but probably only sell fewer than a couple of hundred over a few years - not worth the tooling up costs.
BTW - I like my full-wood "Stomperud" (German marked) Krag. :D
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Thanks for the info Andy! Yes, it's very sad about the cut down wood. Here's a reply I got about this rifle on a Krag Jorgensen site.
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