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There were sufficient Krags to arm the entire regular Army at the time of the SAW. The volunteers were armed with Trapdoor rifles. AFIK, the Rough Riders were the only volunteer unit to see combat armed with Krag carbines. No Model 1898 Krag rifles would have seen combat as they were...

I was able to improve the discrepancy between the DA and SA trigger pull after installing a Wolf hammer spring and then making my own trigger return spring from larger diameter music wire. The SA pull went from 3 lbs to about 5 which is better in a self defense firearm. I also painted the rear...

What attracts me to the 1911 platform (in no particular order): 1) SA trigger 2) Slimness of the design - even the full size conceals quite well and to me is every bit as comfortable as a smaller pistol. 3) Ease of shooting which I attribute to both the trigger design and the low bore axis...

Given your rifle's S/N - it was most likely originally issued to a NG unit.

About 160,000 Krags were still in storage at the time of US entry into WW1 in 1917. They were primarily used as training rifles although a handful of Krags did make it overseas (photos exist) in the hands of engineer units. Krags could also be found on US ships and Coast Guard cutters as late as...

An excellent firearms history book that can be found online for free is The Machine Gun by Chin. Unlike the title suggests, it covers nearly all aspects of firearms development from the sling forward. It is very detailed. I put a PDF copy on my Kindle. There are several volumes to this book...

Those already listed are all good suggestions. Let me add The Machine Gun by Chin. You can find it in PDF format for free on various free internet book sites. While it is about the development of the automatic weapon, if covers firearms development in great detail and it is an interesting read...

I have personal experience - and a fortunate one at that - of rounds ricocheting off of wood. I once had a .357 round ricochet off the cut end of an oak log, coming back towards me at about a 45 deg angle. It struck a propane tank but did not penetrate. I learned my lesson about wood. As others...

Rumor has it that Ruger may come out with a Commander sized SR1911 next year:) I would wait on that.

I've had one since '07. Mine has about 3000 rds through it and sees nearly daily carry. I had to replace the thumb safety after the original broke - it now wears a Wilson Combat safety. I also replaced the Heine sights with Novak Tritium sights after they made versions that will fit the Taurus...

I have one on mine mounted scout rifle style. The scout rail came from XS Sight Systems. I have a Simmons red dot on mine and it has worked well for my purposes. i also have a receiver peep sight (Williams) if I want to shoot with irons. The red dot sits up high enough that the peep is out of...

The '17 has a reputation for being a very accurate MILSURP rifle. I own two - one was sporterized and it is very accurate. My milsurp 17 is only average - but I'm still playing around with it. As others have said here, the 17 was a little more unwieldy than the '03. You need both of course to...

As noted above, the handguard is missing. The peep sight is aftermarket. A number of sights were marketed for the Krag back in the day by Redfield, Lyman, Pacific, etc. Look up the Krag Collectors Association online and you will find all the photos you could want regarding details of the Krag.

If your ejector ever breaks, a field expedient replacement can be made using a spring from a ballpoint pen. Numerich still had replacement ejectors as of this past summer. I had to replace one in my sporter '17.

Armchair - please don't take my comment about the rifle being modified as criticism - times were different in the 1930s. Nobody could have guessed then that any Krag would ever be a collectable. He did nice work on this carbine. Two telling features that indicate to me that the stock is an...