Early Krag rifle for review

[butlersrangers]

Your new 70 inch sling is probably intended for the Trapdoor Springfield.

How long is the one-piece sling that is now on your trapdoor?

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[browningautorifle]

Your new 70 inch sling is probably intended for the Trapdoor Springfield.

But wasn't that the thing? They were trapdoor slings that came straight across to the Krag rifle, next rifle get's the leftovers. The original cartridge belts were exactly the same pattern as the trapdoor too...

[butlersrangers]

Size matters!

OP's sling may be intended for the Krag. It looks good on his rifle and seems to be 'tensioned', but, the 70 inch length seems unusually long to me. Krag slings are often 62 and 1/2 or 64 and 1/2 inches long.

FWIW - The sling swivels on a model 1873 Springfield ('Trapdoor') are approximately 28 and 1/2 inches apart. The sling swivels on a U.S. Krag are approximately 24 inches apart.

Slings intended for the 1873 Springfield and the Krag were of identical construction, often made from spliced together CW sling sections, and with one two-pronged brass hook. The total length of the slings were likely different.

I have a reproduction sling (model 1887) that is 76 inches long. It can be tensioned properly on a model 1873 Springfield, but, it is too long to work properly and be tensioned on a Krag.

(p.s. .45-70 and .30-40 Mills cartridge belts may look similar, but, there is a difference in the size of their cartridge loops).

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[Ruffasacob]

Thanks for the replies. The TD sling is 69". When I measure, I'm going from the very tip of the brass stud end to the very tip of the hooks.

[browningautorifle]

.45-70 and .30-40 Mills cartridge belts may look similar, but, there is a difference in the size of their cartridge loop

Yes, for sure. They just look the same, same pattern.