My krag what do yall think?

[NRA]

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[jon_norstog]

NRA,

That is a pretty dam nice Krag. I can't tell for sure, but it looks like an unsanded stock. The rifle looks like it never saw the tropics ... the Philippines in its case, as it was built after the SAW. Is it the lighting? The slock looks like it has some tiger-stripe. SA bought a bunch of Italian walnut around the time your rifle was built. Some collectors seek that rare wood out!

Take it shooting, they like to be fired.

jn

[NRA]

Thanks, I think it is an Italian tiger striped walnut stock. I have some 220 grain vintage ammo comming and plan to send some down range ASAP

[m1903rifle]

Probably a replacement stock because the receiver was made in 1898.

[NRA]

Year number produced serial number range

1894 - 2,953 1 - 2953

1895 - 13,430 2954 - 16384

1896 - 16,262 16385 - 32647

1897 - 31,819 32648 - 64557

1898 - 41,588 64556 - 116146

1899 - 103,778 116147 - 219925

1900 - 70,652 219926 - 290578

1901 - 54,739 290579 - 345318

1902 - 53,246 345319 - 398565

1903 - 61,841 398566 - 460407

1904 - 17,354 460408 - 477762

1899 maybe?

[NRA]

maybe some one can answer this krag question. Why is that you rarely see a krag with the correct year stock that matches the serial number on the receiver? I have been watching krags for a wail and most that I found for sale on auction sites and other places the production serial number very rarely ever matches the year on the cartouche mark on the stock. Is this due to the fact that most service rifles generally go through a arsenal refurbishment and have the stock changed? I know most war rifles after a conflict get a arsenal refurb and then they become obsolete and get placed in storage until sold off to the civilian market. Does this sound about right? Thanks

[NRA]

no one?

[JOHN42768]

I think the reason is there were so many model changes and updates that took place in short time ranges. You also have to factor in so many of the weapons that went thru SAW and later problem areas all of which were very hard on the weapons. Not to mention all that were sporterized and later collectors tried to bring them back to near original configuration. John

[A square 10]

i think the stock cartouch was lat thin put on , it lagged behind in production/assembly , i did have a 96 that had a 96 dated stock tho

[andiarisaka]

NRA, your assumption about rebuilds being the major source of stock swaps is correct. The parts were put in bins with no attempt to assemble them back into the stock they came out of, though they sometimes got lucky. Or, perhaps there were times the rebuild shop's workload was down, they could take the time and space needed to set stocks aside and restore them to the original receiver. Then there were stocks that didn't have a cartouche, meant to be used as replacements for broken stocks in the field.