Lets get a pic thread rolling

tark

A Krag collector would give his first born child for that gun.

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Nope, no way; not going to give up one of our kids but I do have a refurblished Model 1898 Krag available if they want to talk trade...

Tell you what you guys give me the Krag Carbine and throw in one of those M1-A1 Carbines and we'll call it even.

My Savage Axis II XP Predator in 223. Maybe I’ll get to shoot it this summer.

tark

I have no Idea how many surviving examples are out there or where they are. This one shows no signs of having ever been fired.

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The builder, in a rare moment of sanity and/or sobriety, ultimately came to his senses and decided he was not going to be the one to shoot it! That's probably why it has never been fired!

Came with a matching knife. How could I say "No"?

Did not notice at first, the grips on the knife are 1911 grips. They can be moved to a pistol.

bannockburn said:

Nope, no way; not going to give up one of our kids but I do have a refurblished Model 1898 Krag available if they want to talk trade...

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We have had members of the Krag Collectors Assn. come from all over the country, just to see that gun. To them, that gun is the Holy Grail. To be honest, no one yet has offered his firstborn, although one guy offered to trade his wife for it. Often, they will ask if they can get a pic of themselves holding the gun and the answer is, reluctantly, no. Army regulations. The guns are never touched unless it is inventory time, and the museum director decides who the team will consist of.

Occasionally, a recognized expert or noted author will be allowed, after hours, to examine the guns and take pictures, but we can't extend that courtesy to museum patrons. The Army owns the guns and they make the rules.

I posted some pics of the gun some months ago.. Here are a few more. There are a few odd things about the gun. The receiver is dated "1894" There is no model # The muzzle is crowned , early Krags had flat muzzles. There are no serial numbers on any of the small parts. Only the receiver is numbered.

The gun is mentioned of page 60 of "The Krag Rifle Story" by Frank Mallory and Ludwig Olsen. What's it worth? I wont even speculate....But if you can afford a new Ferrari......maybe....

GunnyUSMC said:

My Spartan AR.
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I'll see your Spartan AR, and raise you one Pirate AR ...

AR, AR , AR Matey!

Old Dog said:

I'll see your Spartan AR, and raise you one Pirate AR ...
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My Pirate trumps your Pirate. But I do need a sword.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Haha, Corolla virus....either very clever or the best Autocorrect fail Ive seen lately!

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Nightlord40k-check out the GTOGRE on YouTube:

Corolla Virus is a popular term here..

Sometimes you just want to go for a walk with a Winchester....

Here is an old timer. It will have it's one hundred and first birthday sometime this year. It's action is smooth and still tight, no slop anywhere. This was gift from a friend quite a few years ago. I look at it now and then and recall some of the good times we had together when we were young.

30 WCF..Yep, it's about as good a saddle gun as you will ever find.

Here is my problem child Savage FV-SR. It came with the cheesy plastic stock that is designed for iron sights but with only a rail. No matter, I didn't intend to keep the factory stock anyway and immediately ordered a Boyd's Pro-Varmint stock for it. Wow, that is a big chunk of wood for a 22 rimfire plus the shape was kind of ugly. After I assembled it I weighed it and scope included it went over 8 1/2 pounds. I decided to get rid of a lot of excess wood and did including all I could remove inside the fore end and drill out of the butt. As it sits now it comes in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and fits me much better.



This is my junk rifle and that is what it was when I bought it. It's and old Marlin tube fed 22. The barrel had 6 bulges in it plus the rifling was ruined from the muzzle down to the first bulge. The lifter mechanism didn't work and the bolt handle wouldn't clear a scope. It had been welded on and when I started heating it to bend it it just fell off in the floor before it ever got very hot. Any way I drilled out the barrel, glued in a Redman liner and chambered it, threw away the tube and loader mechanism and turned it into a single shot, made a bolt handle and knob, a new stock with a wild paint job, and an aluminum trigger guard and butt plate. With the muzzle device I dreamed up the old thing shoots pretty good.

tark

That indeed is one rare Krag carbine! Thanks for posting the additional photos of it!

Me old Model 94, in .32 WS. It was my Daddy's before me. Just had it out last week. 71 years young.

My Taurus Model 82.

You'll like my S&W 19.

Just shot it today wit 38 special. Very pleasant.

total recoil said:

You'll like my S&W 19.
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Just shot it today wit 38 special. Very pleasant.

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And the en-bloc of AP

Not to sidetrack the thread, but Gunny: So sorry for your (your department's and your community's) loss. Sheer tragedy.

Took my new AR-10 build into the woods today for a hike and some mushroom hunting to see how it did.

The thing is a pig. Noticeably heavier and bulkier than my bolt gun in .30-06.

But it does look good in the woods...

Picked this up today to spite my government.

Hellcat and the beastcat!

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