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I don't know if anyone can answer the question as to why the paint is there. It could have been applied by most anyone. It is obviously not original to the rifle. Does it affect the value? Most...

Here we go one more time. Rather than concoct my own definition of "original", I went to an online dictionary for the definition: belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or...

What kind of response are you looking for? And what do you mean by the term "original"? That word can mean different things to different people.

What SGT. K is suggesting is that the drill team execute an inspection arms, only with a full rifle. A trainee would open the bolt for inspection by grasping the rifle at the wrist with the right...

This maneuver is not particularly easy to perform, especially if it has not been thoroughly practiced and rehearsed with the honor guard. A previous poster stated that he used to manually cycle the...

Gary Cunningham in his American Bayonets of the 20th Century states that until 1917, all 1st production 1905 bayonets were manufactured with a blued hilt and a bright blade. The bluing continued up...

If you read the ingredients lable on Pecards, it states that it contains petroleum distillates. There is no indgredients list on the Lexol container but their website states that Lexol contains no...

I decided to post pics of how I mounted and laced my cheek pad. Michael is right. There are a couple of ways of lacing up these pads. I believe that the late stocks from the Tooele Arsenal...

That's a nice picture but unfortunately that doesn't depict the configuration of the cheek pad or at least the ones I've seen. The attaching screws attach a different piece of leather to the stock,...

According to the date on the back of this Signal Corps photo, Walt received his medal on 11 December 1944. I met him at an event a couple of years back and had him sign it. He surprised me when he...

You might buy one of the repro 1910 scabbards from What Price Glory and use the inner sheath. They are nothing like an original, although they are described as being made of hard rawhide, but one...

He is aware of the new site.

The auction page is:

http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_item.aspx?aid=46&iid=233617

Pecards or Lexol are both good. Pecards is a paste and Lexol is a liquid. I use them both. I like Lexol because as a liquid, it gets down into the leather fibers, but it will darken the leather...

You are right. After I posted this, a friend who is quite knowledgeable on Krags confirmed what you have stated.

This item is for auction over on AA. Can anyone identify the scabbard with it.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2009/03/KragScabbard2-1.jpg...