Krag Carbine Reproduction

pony express · March 04, 2016, 06:26:17 AM

Perhaps Ira's point is-Charles Issac's now famous broken stock Krag is no way FUBAR, you can still recognize it's a Krag!. And still quite repairable. Now a Krag that Bubba has chopped, drilled, scoped, and painted camo.... That may be FUBAR!

Quick Fire · March 04, 2016, 06:34:21 AM

And gentlemen, I stand corrected. It is recognition not repair. My memory really is getting suspect.

Quick Fire

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · March 04, 2016, 10:45:04 AM

Quote from: Delmonico on March 03, 2016, 09:58:29 PM
Nice people say fouled.

That's nice!

Mean Bob Mean · March 04, 2016, 02:28:09 PM

Quote from: Forty Rod on February 04, 2016, 11:40:07 AM

How about for Rocky Mountain mule deer and elk?

I had a friend (RIP Jae) who took both and a lucky shot on a pronghorn (for him, not the antelope).

Who does not have a successful hunt with a Krag on their bucket list?

Silver Creek Slim · March 04, 2016, 07:09:03 PM

Quote from: Mean Bob Mean on March 04, 2016, 02:28:09 PM
Who does not have a successful hunt with a Krag on their bucket list?

I don't know.

Slim

ira scott · March 04, 2016, 09:56:21 PM

Quote from: pony express on March 04, 2016, 06:26:17 AM
Perhaps Ira's point is-Charles Issac's now famous broken stock Krag is no way FUBAR, you can still recognize it's a Krag!. And still quite repairable. Now a Krag that Bubba has chopped, drilled, scoped, and painted camo.... That may be FUBAR!

Thanks Pony Express! At least somebody understood my attempt at humor! I did have a close friend in what Niederlander called "The Big Green Gun Club" (Uncle Sam's misguided children).

Charles Isaac · March 07, 2016, 08:26:22 AM

You should have seen it before I replaced some action parts! The back of the striker was ground down into a cone/dome shape like one of those old Remington .22s. Extractor was held on to the bolt sleeve with a hardware store nut and bolt. Ejector, rear sight, side plate and hand guard were missing, barrel was chopped and back of the receiver drilled for an old Lyman lever sight.

So I guess with me thinking of the aforementioned antique guns that are too nice to shoot at a GAF match, or the much alluded to Uberti Krag replica that I imagine would have glistening urethaned wood, modern style blueing, some bright "colored" case hardening or "colored" oil quenched case, well, my old threadbare finish, chopped '92 krag is FUBARed compared to those guns. But yeah, not really FUBAR, but a good many of us here would probably be able to recognize a Krag even after it passed through the Govt's weapon shredder, "Captain Crunch"!

Mean Bob Mean · March 23, 2016, 02:26:54 PM

Speaking of Krag rifles, I have a superb sporter with really pristine metal and a nice stock that I might be interested in trading off. I even have a few boxes of ammo which as you know is not free. I need backup weapons for my current setup. I currently load .38, .45 colt and .44 Colt (modern .429). That is not to say I am not interested in any and all Cowboy calibers though . . .

Pitspitr · March 25, 2016, 08:11:00 AM

Quote from: Mean Bob Mean on March 04, 2016, 02:28:09 PM
Who does not have a successful hunt with a Krag on their bucket list?

I don't...because I've already checked it off

CPL Jayhawker Jake · March 25, 2016, 09:04:27 AM

Quote from: Pitspitr on March 25, 2016, 08:11:00 AM
I don't...because I've already checked it off

Same here.

Charles Isaac · March 25, 2016, 12:45:23 PM

OMG you killed Bambi! Seems the oldtimers had to saw a foot or two off their Krag before it was fit to do that.

St. George · March 25, 2016, 01:13:35 PM

Most just slapped on an '03 barrel - like the DCM did, when they were using up the remaining spares.

Scouts Out!

pony express · March 25, 2016, 06:58:05 PM

Got a doe a couple of years ago with mine.

Charles, it was still full length, too. The deer didn't seem to care one way or the other.

Charles Isaac · March 25, 2016, 07:31:38 PM

Well that's good on you Pony, and Jake, getting those old shooters out there and having them deliver the goods! I guess you get a little more velocity out of the 30" too, whether it's needed or not. My usual recreational truck/trunk/woods gun is a "carbine", just because it stows so handily. When it comes right down to it though, I like the full length rifle, the Infantryman's weapon!

Pitspitr · March 26, 2016, 07:29:26 AM

Quote from: pony express on March 25, 2016, 06:58:05 PM
Got a doe a couple of years ago with mine.

Charles, it was still full length, too. The deer didn't seem to care one way or the other.

I thought mine was a doe when I pressed the trigger. He was a nice hybrid buck that had one antler broke off and the other was small. He was standing in front of a little bush so I couldn't see the antler. Like Pony's doe, he didn't seem to mind that my rifle was full length.

smoke · March 26, 2016, 04:11:46 PM

Quote from: pony express on March 04, 2016, 06:26:17 AM
Perhaps Ira's point is-Charles Issac's now famous broken stock Krag is no way FUBAR, you can still recognize it's a Krag!. And still quite repairable. Now a Krag that Bubba has chopped, drilled, scoped, and painted camo.... That may be FUBAR!

I once handle a Krag that someone had taken off the loading gate and restocked. It took me a good 10 minutes to figure out what it was.