The three section cleaning-rod and oil container in the butt-trap are a $50-$60 bonus.
FWIW - When possible, U.S. Krag rifles and carbines were cleaned with one-piece brass barracks-rods.
The...
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The three section cleaning-rod and oil container in the butt-trap are a $50-$60 bonus.
FWIW - When possible, U.S. Krag rifles and carbines were cleaned with one-piece brass barracks-rods.
The...
U.S. Krags were not assembled in numerical order. After 125 machining operations, Heat-Treated receivers were inspected, numbered, and marked, went into parts bins, and were pulled out rather...
U.S. Model 1898 rifle, #122033, and rifle, #122633, were both assembled at Springfield Armory, around August, 1898.
Neither serial number appears in the Springfield Research Services data - (SRS...