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    Quote Originally Posted by butlersrangers View Post
    Value would be related to bore conditon. As it sits, $300 to $375 is realistic.
    Would agree and say in its current state bore condition is the main driver of the price. you could also get a good deal more selling individual parts. check out what good quality parts on https://www.granpasgunparts.com are going for.
    Although, because full stocks new or old are hard to come by, not to many people restoring these. There are wood shops that will make a new full krag stock and handgaurd for $400 or so. I dunno how much you paid for it, but in todays market with a little sweat equity restoring it to original configuration could pay off....you already have most all the parts.
    I'm in the middle of such a restoration myself in another thread, started with just a barreled action. but I won't be selling.
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    I wish the stock only cost me $250 to $300. It took forever to find one and then when I did it cost $450 for the stock. Luckily I was able to recoup some of the cost off ebay when someone bought the stock I took off the rifle.

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    It was Grandpas gun parts that I bought it from. He had it listed for $500 but had mercy on me and dropped the price $50 when I emailed him. All I had to buy was the front barrel band to complete iy after that.

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    I too found such a link with a Kragicon carbine I'd bought by searching it's serial number online. Found the previous owner. You've resurrected this rifle nicely.
    Regards, Jim

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    Thank you. The Kragicon is my favorite rifle. I have this one, an M1896 Carbine, and a Norwegianicon M1894.

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    how was the bore? how does it shoot?

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    The bore is near perfect. It is the reason I bought the rifle in the first place and decided to restore it. I posted a picture but it still does not do it justice. I also posted a picture of a shot group at 100 yards. The rifle will definitely shoot better than I can. In total adding up the price I paid for the rifle, the cost of the replacement stock, the front barrel band, and the $200 that the stock that was on it originally sold for. I have $745 invested in the rifle. So I really cant complain.

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    Makes sense the bore would be nice, that's why this rifle was selected to be sporterized in the first place. Just lucky that they didn't cut the barrel and install a 1903 sight at the same time like usual. My rifle had a dark bore but was all that was available, here we don't see many.
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    Another reason I took the rifle is that it still had the upper hand guard as well so that saved me a ton.

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    that's why this rifle was selected to be sporterized in the first place.
    you never know. I've seen plenty of sporter krags in shops that looked fine on the outside, but when someone back in the day bought it for $5 from a surplus crate, they didn't think it worth their time to clean and maintain and so now there is a sewer pipe to work with. sad.
    But good news is this one is a gem! congrats and well done saving it. Some of grandpasgunparts prices can be a bit steep, but he has guaranteed quality. My krag project has a NOS bolt and NOS extractor with beautiful delicate blue swirls still present. Paid him a penny or two for it but well worth it considering how the project has come along so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LTPayton88 View Post
    it still had the upper hand guard
    Absolutely, those are worth hundreds at times.
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