Care and feeding of the Krag

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

  My Krag carbine seems to be a Mutt.  Drilled and tapped for the receiver site.  Leather GI style sling w front band and and rear inletted swivel.  Old red rubber recoil pad.  It had Williams front and rear sites when I bought it from the pawn shop.
I bought  rear and front sites, from S&S.   Still thinking on a replacment barrel.  My local gunsmith thinks its shootable.
SARCO RECEIVER and Numrich modified 1903 barrels might get things better.    Now get the money from my budget???  LOL.

[1961MJS]

Hi
You can buy new barrels from Criterion / CMP.
Later

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

 Then i would have more in the barrel and handguard, than the cost over the counter.   I am trying to make it a shooter,  not museum piece.    And on a retirees budget.

[Baltimore Ed]

Is it shootable as it is now? Give it a try. Start with .311 200 gr boolits and go from there. Might surprise you. Good luck.

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

which receiver rear site was used on the DCM carbines?  and are they still available?

[Major 2]

Went back and review this thread and saw this photo

That break was very similar to the Constabulary/cadet rifle I found at the Melbourne Fl. Gun show Jan 2020.
(completely separated along a grain line  but held together with electrical friction tape

I repaired it   

[Major 2]

I wrote the tutorial for the NCOWs Shootist , the repair turned out great.

[Baltimore Ed]

Very nice repair on my favorite version of a Krag. Looks good.

[Major 2]

Thank you Ed

I had no choice few Constabulary/cadet rifles still exist

I believe there were just 500 Constabulary produced and most went into Manilla Bay,   a very few survived 

I think just 400 cadet rifles... . 

any replacement stock would be rare and on some other somebody's  gun . 

I considered a Carbine stock , and retro fit the gun, but if a loose Carbine stock were found,  it'd be $ BUCKS
and the muzzle fit (for Bayonet )  a dead give away.

[Major 2]

Resurrecting an old sticky thread, because it does pertain to the Krag.

I acquired this 1900 date Krag Bayonet. there is no history or provenance as whom or when it was cut down to a fighting/trench knife.
The grinding down left many marks & scratches, so I worked on polishing most of those out.
The scabbard is shorter than standard by a few inches, if it was cut down or is for something else is not known. 
My plan is to mount it on a wall hanging display to represent WW1 trench knife at the Museum.

I also acquired a MAS 36 cruciform spike bayonet, it however is missing the grip/rifle attachment.
I'll have to fabricate something:-\

[Drydock]

That does look like a shortened 2nd pattern US Krag bayonet scabbard.

[Major 2]

That's what I thought

[Snake Oil]

Could that be a 5th variation made for West Point? (Poyer, 207)

[Drydock]

No, you can tell by the fuller configuration that it's a cut down.

[Major 2]

The blade is marked 1900 ,
perhaps it is a Cadet scabbard and cut down blade it is about 3" shorter than the scabbard.

IF it is, it a real shame because the Cadet version is way rarer

[matt45]

Does anybody out there have a place I could get some 220gr round points- both Midway and Natchez are out of stock.

[Pitspitr]

Does anybody out there have a place I could get some 220gr round points- both Midway and Natchez are out of stock.

https://www.hunters-supply.com/311-cal-217-p-2676.html

[Niederlander]

Jerry, Have you tried these?  Anyone else?

[Pitspitr]

Yes, it's what I'm using in my Krag. Although, recently I've been shooting my 45-70's a lot more than the Krag

[Niederlander]

How fast are you pushing them?  If you can run them even close to 2,000fps, they'd be a lot less expensive option for long range.  One could even put a gas check on to make them even "more gooder"!