Modified 1989 Krag

[rcathey]

Nothing wrong with that!
Rather tastefully shortened. I had one once that was cut FLUSH with the front band. Goofy looking thing.
This one is a nice, honest sporter. I'd bet it made it possible for a family or two to eat meat during some lean times

EDIT: I've not bought from this site but this blank handguard would look nice since you have the peep sight. You'd be able to recoup nearly all your cost by selling the existing rear sight.
http://www.partsforantiqueguns.com/K...Handguards.htm

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[boomer656]

Nothing wrong with that!
Rather tastefully shortened. I had one once that was cut FLUSH with the front band. Goofy looking thing.
This one is a nice, honest sporter. I'd bet it made it possible for a family or two to eat meat during some lean times

To my 'less than expert' eye, whoever did the original work did a very nice job..... and the person working on the hand guard -- not so much.

I've not bought from this site but this blank handguard would look nice since you have the peep sight. You'd be able to recoup nearly all your cost by selling the existing rear sight.
http://www.partsforantiqueguns.com/K...Handguards.htm

I did look at that web site and their replacement hand guards but hadn't thought of putting a complete blank on it. That's a great idea I'm going to have to give some serious consideration. I'm looking at a week or more until I can get it to the range, and I won't make any decision until after that.

[rcathey]

And if you do go that route, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you could get $30 or so out of the existing handguard.
If you sold both, you'd essentially be able to get the blank handguard for free.
I spend a lot of my time justifying my own purchases in such a manner

[boomer656]

And if you do go that route, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you could get $30 or so out of the existing handguard.
If you sold both, you'd essentially be able to get the blank handguard for free.
I spend a lot of my time justifying my own purchases in such a manner

Even more to consider. I had been thinking I might try to repair it .... not for re-use (or re-sell) but to see if it's within my ability to do a decent repair on something like that.

[browningautorifle]

I might try to repair it

Yup, clean all the crap out and try again. Not sure as usually there is only one good attempt and then the rest are just subsequent. It can't be worse though. Could prove to be a good shooter though.