Pretty nice old Krag

[GUTS]

Our local Legion Club still has a couple of Krags that they use occasionally, I borrowed one for some pictures. The bore still looks like a mirror and the action is so clean it looks like it hadn't been fired for a while. The bluing and the case colors are in very nice shape.

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[browningautorifle]

Lovely old gun. Wish it was mine. Is that an early or late cocking piece?

[GUTS]

From what I understand the headless cocking piece was to be used on the rifle and carbine starting in 1899 but dropped production after a few months because there was no real advantage and it actually cost more to produce. The headless cocking piece is usually seen on only the 1899 Krag Carbine which was the model that took up most of the Armories procuction during that period. Although you don't see them on the rifles very often, it is probably correct for this rifle sincle it was made in 1900.

[bearhunter]

I have one that has a serial number appx 2200 lower than that one and it has a standard cocking piece. I wonder if the cocking piece on the pictured rifle was put on because of shortages, just use up existing parts or in a hap hazard manner?
I think it's a great old rifle. I'm also surprised at the condition of the bore. I remember seeing a couple in Washington state back in the 70s and the bores were pitted and washed out from blank rounds, or so I was told. They were almost pristine on the outside.

[GUTS]

Her is a couple of pictures of the bore, sharp lands and grooves, a couple of scrapes from a cleaning rod or maybe a pit or two but very nice. It's tough to get a good picture of a bore(for me anyway).

[browningautorifle]

Again, I wish it was mine. I'll bet it would shoot like H*ll. I had one with a dark bore that would do about four inches at one hundred with the garbage ammo I threw together.