Feeding the Krag

[boomer656]

I received a spring and side plate, courtesy of rcathey, today. There was an obvious difference between the spring that I received and the one that I had been using (I couldn't detect any difference other than cosmetics in the side plates).

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The spring rcathey sent is on top. You can see the right end of the spring has a different profile. The spring also measures .1mm longer. My guess is they started out the same 120 years ago, and the one in my 98 has had a bit more wear.

Anyway, after installing the replacement spring, the last cartridge in the magazine now loads as you would expect. Problem solved. Thank you rcathey for the materials.