Kraig carbine with interesting question about it

[browningautorifle]

It does sound like it's a mix and match. There'll be someone else along shortly that will give you a for sure answer here.

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[vintage hunter]

FWIW, I have seen a few Krag carbines around that were rebarreled or made up using 1903/'03a3 barrels. A friend has one with '03 bbl. and modified '03 stock. According to him the work was done at Bannermans Island Arsenal but so far I have'nt found any information to support the claim.

[Alkali]

Using a 1903 barrel to re-barrel a Krag was fairly common practice when '03 and 03A3 barrels were relatively cheap. The DCM still had brand new 2 groove barrels available for $1.00 in the early 1980's. And many of the early re-barreled Krag sporters appear to have been done with used barrels.. I have had several old deer dogs put back into service this way for myself and others. If you cut off just the threaded portion of the breech, then re-thread with the smaller Krag thread, you will wind up with a barrel just about 22 1/2" long. The Krag reamer will then clean up the .30-06 chamber and remove 1 1/2" of wear in the throat of a used '03 barrel. Excellent results, the contour of the barrels is about the same. Sadly, the price of a good 1903 barrel (usable for a 1903 restoration) is now about $200.