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Ouch! But, I think that's a mighty rare bird.

I am blessed to have my great-grandfather's .62 cal. percussion rifle, his 19 gauge round-ball mold and homemade powder horn.
This was used by the family in the 1870s, for hunting around Ontario's...

The 1909 graphic, posted by Cinders at the start of his thread has a descriptive sub-heading: "exterior similar to American".

Any insights? (Was the bullet jacket profile similar to that of U.S....

If you have the Krag model 1902 sight, S&S Firearms will send the correct original screw for the 'Sgt. Peep' plate.
I have gotten the plate and screw from them in the past.

Grandpa's Gunparts,...

Worth Knowing - Bruce N. Canfield's book, "U.S. Military Bolt Action Rifles", has tables in the appendix with S.R.S. data for U.S. Krags and U.S. Rifle Model of 1917.

'oldfoneguy' is correct in my opinion. The 'Buffington' rear-sight on the model 1873 'trapdoor' Springfield, the Krag model 190l rear-sight, and the model 1905 rear-sight of the 1903 Springfield...

FWIW - 'mark1' is correct.

But, it is also true that the model 1901 sight for the Krag bears strong similarities to the 'trapdoor' Buffington designed sight.
The model 1901 rear-sight was adopted...

Jim, where's the fun in that? :lol: Live on the 'wildside' and monogram live primers!

P.S. - It is fun to see the array of early & identified .30-40 cartridges. Some are rarely seen. Thanks to...

I think this Krag has gone to a good home.
Please keep us posted, if you get more background information!

'Wizard' - I find the SRS data rather frustrating, because there is very little context.

It is just a quick 'snapshot', indicating a specific serial number was found listed in a surviving official...

When Krag rifles and carbines were inspected and 'refurbished', the stocks were skillfully scraped and sanded to remove blemishes.

This carbine was kept in government inventory and some type of...

'Wizard' - That is a very nice, correct, and interesting U.S. model 1899 carbine.

Krag carbine, #229190, was assembled at Springfield Armory around October 1899.
There is a nice agreement with...

Chuck in Denver - Thanks for clarifying about National Ord. and Santa Fe Arms being the names found on the 'sketchy' privately made cast 1903A3 receivers & parts guns.

(Federal Ordnance appears to...

OP's receiver appears to be a real 1903A3 and not aftermarket cast Fed. Ord.

I am amazed at the 'Bucky Beaver' trim job on this handguard.

I cannot make out the obliterated receiver markings.

The Natl. Ord. receivers are in the 5 million range.

This is photo shows...

Federal Ordnance/Santa Fe/ National Ordnance rifles, (all related), with cast receivers have been showing up at gun shows for years.

The poor quality receivers, combined with nice G.I. surplus...

Gary - I was referring to the receiver photo that 'Chuck in Denver' posted with the bogus markings on the left-side of the receiver.

I believe 'reproduction' receivers that were marked National...

Is it certain this is not a Federal Ordnance receiver that had the commercial maker markings removed and bogus markings added?

I have about 10 boxes of 152 grain M-2 projectiles made by Frankford Arsenal in 1947. My Krag rifles and carbines shoot them well in my reloads.

Bullet diameter seems to run .3085" to .309".

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Although model 1898 and model 1899 Krag receivers are identical in structure, it is not believed that Springfield Armory made rifles using "model 1899" marked receivers.

(A few rifles exist with...

My opinion is that Krag carbines often have Rifle Rear-Sights because a previous civilian owner switched the more valuable carbine sight with a cheaper (and similar) rifle sight in order to make more...

Most Krag carbine stocks will have three-rod holes in the butt-trap. (This was so the machining operations were the same for rifle and carbine stocks).

Some early thin 'long-wrist' model 1896...

Thanks for resurrecting this old thread. Neat Rifles!

It is fun making a useful Krag out of discarded parts or a poorly done 'sporter'.

It is not as easy, now, and much more expensive than in the past.

But, probably the Krags, that I enjoy and...

Geez! I did not intend to offend or make enemies out of any forum members.

If a statement is wrong or incorrect, it can be regarded as "false", with no evil intent attached or suspected of another...