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    1894 cut barrel

    Good morning fella's. It seems i've ended up looking to try another restoration. I have an 1894 Kragicon ser.40##,the barrel was cut to 24",a ramped williams front sight,wesite? peep rear sight. all wraped up in a what I guess is a home made maple? stock. It wasn't reblued,jeweled,or drilled and taped.D o you think it's worth trying to restore? I'm not looking for a perfect as issued all correct ,just a good representation of military slammer. Off the top of your heads whats the estimated cost on such a project?
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    It would be far cheaper to buy a decent Kragicon all correct. The availability of some parts for an early rifle like that is limited and the price to find them could be staggering. A good, clean or at least decent late production rifle will be far cheaper.
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    $$$$$$

    I agree totally on the cost to do a correct restoration,I was hopeing on at least a military looking Kragicon. Are any of the parts interchangable? I notice everyone wants a long one,so is there a surplus of shortened stocks around?
    This one has a shinny sharp bore and original thinned blueing,it just seems a shame to leave it in its 60's 70's sporterised dress.
    It was free to me,so if i have to throw a few $'s in it,thats ok.as long as its not crazy $$$.Like you said [may as well get one thats right already]
    Was 24" a normal cut length ?

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    Barrels would be cut to whatever the gunsmith thought appropriate. Short stocks are everywhere, all parts are interchangeable for the greatest part. I've never had trouble swapping. The action might be worth something to the right guy. You could always complete the sporting look on this one and use it for shooting until the full dress rifle comes along. You'll find the perfect barrels cut because a guy wants a perfect bore for a hunting rifle, usually.
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    swapping

    I finally found a web site that explained the differences.An early rear sight would be about unobtainable,and nobody has stocks that arn,t carbine length.
    A few years back the CMPicon had bunch and some were full length and some were cut down to around [I'm guessing]24" or maybe 26",that were stocked out to thier length. not carbine style. thats what I was hopeing to do.But Iguess I'll have to put this on the back burner for now.
    I've been pretty lucky restoreing sporters in the past,this one may just take a little more money and patience.It,s already a pretty nice sporter now.I'll just have to live with it.
    thanks for the advice .

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    If you insist or rebuilding, you'll need to keep watch on Ebay or Gunbroker. The correct sights and wood shows up. It will take time and money and sometimes even more time...then a perfect one shows up for less than you paid for even the original.
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