Picking up my first Krag

[browningautorifle]

I read somewhere that they don't have to be spring steel

Oh, they're springs alright.

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[butlersrangers]

The 1903 Springfield butt-plate looks a lot better than the rubber butt-plate that arrived on your Krag!

FWIW - Some Mauser hand-guards, like the Model 1909 - Argentine Mauser, have steel 'spring-clips' retained by small wood screws (on the underside).

[Warpspasm]

The 1903 Springfield butt-plate looks a lot better than the rubber butt-plate that arrived on your Krag!

FWIW - Some Mauser hand-guards, like the Model 1909 - Argentine Mauser, have steel 'spring-clips' retained by small wood screws (on the underside).

I spent a couple of hours on Saturday modifying the repro 1898 handguard into a carbine handguard that will accept a 1902 rear sight. It's actually coming along better than I thought so far. I shortened the back end and used a Dremel and some cheap wood gouges to inlet the underside to fit over the receiver. LOTS of trial an error to get it to fit. And... man that walnut is hard as a rock. I still need to take out some wood where the big 1902 sight comes to rest on the top of the guard and shorten the front end and reduce it to fit under the front carbine band. I ordered the band last night. I didn't want to order it until saw if I could actually modify the handguard. At some point I need to decide what to do about those rivets, strip everything and refinish it with BLO. It's been enjoyable so far.