The Kentucky Krag Rises Again

[Snowman1510]

Love to see the wrench sketch.

[rcathey]

This isn't exactly the way I did mine but if I were to do it again, this is it.
By using a 1.25"-7 nut, you're going to be quite close to begin with and it makes the raw materials cheap and easy to obtain. I'm not certain, but I think even a brass nut would work and avoid marring the receiver (though I didn't have that issue anyway).

The key of the locking nub is the flat milled to even with the inside diameter. It's less about actually locking into the receiver and more about preventing rotation.

I'm attaching an image of the print but I can send along a DWG, PDF, or even a SLDPRT if you PM your email address. Would be interesting to 3D print one of these to see if would work....

[rcathey]

And here are a few pictures of the bored out chamber. The chamber will fully swallow both rounds pictured I just show them halfway in to illustrate the size difference.

Image 1616 shows the chamber by itself.
Image 1643 shows a 45-70 inserted in the chamber.
Image 1644 shows a 30-06 inserted in the chamber.

Who knows what they were doing

[browningautorifle]

Blanks made from 28 ga shotgun shells? Maybe originally they thought of placing a sleeve in the chamber to renew it? That's about how it's done.

[rcathey]

I contemplated doing that myself but decided against it. Takeoff barrels are relatively cheap and I've *read* that they index well from gun to gun. We'll see about that I guess!

[rcathey]

Quick little update on the stock work. You guys probably have a handle on this one but here we go.

Firstly, a note, I used 6-32 screws and drilled my holes a bit bigger than I should have. The major diameter of a 6-32 screw is .138" and I drilled my hole with a 29 which is .136". In hindsight I would have went smaller. Oh well. Maybe go with 1/8" or perhaps a 31 (.12").

So, photo 1645 shows the screws cut close with a Dremel.

Once close, I use a fine file to bring the screw down as shown in photo 1650.

Thanks to my too-big-holes, I had some voids to fill. Simply drop a bit of superglue in there and rub over with sandpaper. That gives you photo 1651.

Not pretty but as far as I'm concerned, it's not supposed to be! I'll put on some linseed oil and she'll be good to go. Never gonna break in this spot again!

[andiarisaka]

I had a Lt Colonel friend who bought one with the chamber hogged out like that, someone's idea of deactivation. Someone else tried to restore it by soldering in a piece of steel with a Krag chamber cut in it. It was blowing gas every time he shot it. I think that one was bored shallower than what yours is, but past the end of a normal chamber. He was taking a gunsmith course, so I sold him a decent original barrel to put on it.

[browningautorifle]

so I sold him a decent original barrel to put on it.

The correct fix of course. I wouldn't sleeve a chamber on a full bore.

[rcathey]

I did win a barrel last night on eBay. The seller didn't talk highly of the bore condition but we shall see. I'm OK with the price and it will, without a doubt, shoot better than the barrel that was on it

[browningautorifle]

We've seen lots of less than stellar barrels shoot just fine. At least it will be working again.