Possible Krag Purchase

**CaptSimon** · 01-31-2015 06:11 PM

Hello,

I've been wanting a Krag icon

for a while and haven't found one locally and I saw this one on Gun Broker: Unusual US Springfield Krag Model 1898 30-40 : Curios & Relics at GunBroker.com
I guess i'm wondering is this thing even salvageable, and is there anything to know based on the pictures posted. Any help is appreciated.

B. Simon

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**browningautorifle** · 01-31-2015 07:05 PM

There's a few parts there that might be OK but as a whole I'd leave it. That is to say, I wouldn't actually pay for it. Just about everything's beat and there's lots of rifles available for decent money if you wait a minute. They'll likely have a good barrel and good wood too. That one needs everything.

**butlersrangers** · 01-31-2015 11:56 PM

Wow! That Krag icon

must have been carried by the Color Guard in a Mardi Gras Parade.

It would be a neat challenge, if it was 'Free', to make something out of it.

**gunsaholic** · 02-01-2015 09:57 PM

Free would be nice but I'd maybe go $75.00 f I needed what parts there are that are salvageable .

As mentioned. Be patient. There are much, much nicer complete examples out there.

**soldierofhistory1898** · 02-02-2015 06:07 PM

The way I see it you should tell them to give you the $75.00 + shipping just to take it off their hands!
P.S. What a sad fate for a Krag icon

rifle.

**CaptSimon** · 02-03-2015 01:25 AM

Hello,

Of course i'm not gonna buy it (not at that price, anyway). I guess it just caught my attention because of its poor state (i feel sorry for the poor thing). If I got it for say 50.00, I might have tried to salvage it just to do it. There's almost enough parts on Gunbroker alone to build a whole krag. I might write them if it doesn't sell and make a low offer.

B. Simon

**butlersrangers** · 02-03-2015 11:43 AM

I wonder if 'Bubba' has a sister, who does decorative painting, 'Bubbette'?

**CaptSimon** · 02-05-2015 01:22 AM

Wow, somebody actually bid on it !!!!

**gunsaholic** · 02-05-2015 08:33 AM

Guess somebody wants a winters project for a few winters.

**butlersrangers** · 02-05-2015 04:48 PM

It could be a 'prop' gun in the soon to be produced Horror Film, "Bozo goes Ballistic"!

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