Show me your Krag sporters!

[Texas by God]

I'm starting a new project; a Krag sporter. I have an excellent 1898 Springfield action, a new PacNor 24" 1-10" barrel( short chambered), and a Fajen or Bishop semi inletted mannlicher stock.
I want to see other members sporters for ideas and inspiration. Full on custom or Grandpa's bubba gun- no matter.
And to the whiners who say I'm ruining history- go plant a tree to offset it.

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[mwells72774]

What caliber are you going with?

[Outpost75]

Here is mine.

Attachment 235056

[swheeler]

And to the whiners who say I'm ruining history- go plant a tree to offset it. That's funny!

[swheeler]

What caliber are you going with?

Im going to go out on a limb here and say 30 US Army

[Texas by God]

I'm sorry, yes. The .30 Army/ 30-40 Krag.

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[Texas by God]

Outpost, is that a Redfield reciever sight? I'm bidding on one.

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[swheeler]

Here's mine..............

[Wolfer]

Here’s mine. Love this gun

[Texas by God]

I doubt the crow shares your love. Keep them coming guys I appreciate it.

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[condorjohn]

Here's one for those "Old eyes"Attachment 235070Attachment 235071

[uscra112]

Well, here is an 1898 Krag heavily modified to shoot the Lovell 22-3000 wildcat. Armory .22 barrel rechambered, altered extractor, magazine trimmed back flush, mounted in a handmade stock, scope is unmarked but the mounts are certainly Stith. Wish I could say it's a 1MOA rifle, but so far it's not. Also wish I knew who the gunsmith was. Lovely job, but he didn't sign it.

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Yes, I have others not so radical, but no pics. Just "carbinized" rifles in Bishop stocks. And one WW2-marked Norwegian in 6.5x55, also in sporter wood.

[arlon]

Danish Krag in 45-70 but it's still a Krag!

[MrHarmless]

Sporterized Krags are pretty much the only sporterized rifles that really speak to me. This one isn't mine, but it makes me feel things.

[Texas by God]

I'd love to see left side close ups for receiver sight and scope mounts as well as barrel band sporter arrangements. Thanks for sharing I'd be proud to have any of those. Isn't the 22-3000 a 25-20 SS necked down? Classy gun there. Arlon, is your 45-70 a single shot?

[arlon]

It feeds from the magazine pretty well. I have to turn the case rims down on a lathe. They are close to the old Danish Krag rim diameter but not perfect without a trip in a lathe.

[uscra112]

I'd love to see left side close ups for receiver sight and scope mounts as well as barrel band sporter arrangements. Thanks for sharing I'd be proud to have any of those. Isn't the 22-3000 a 25-20 SS necked down? Classy gun there. Arlon, is your 45-70 a single shot?

Yes, the .22-3000 is the .25-20 Stevens necked down. P/M me a regular email addy and I'll send you the whole album of photos of it. This mod isn't unique. The availability of the Armory barrels led to quite a few Krags being converted to the original Hornet as well. Ditto some '03 Springfields.

[quack1]

Here's mine. I never really considered a Krag, but stumbled over this one that was hacked up so bad I got it for almost nothing. The deciding factor for me was the old Lyman #34 peep sight. It had the original stock with an added on pistol grip made of a piece of 2x4, and was "checkered" with lines that were about 10 lpi. I planned on making a new stock, but the original one was sound and had some nice grain, so decided to see if I could save it. I inletted a piece of walnut and shaped a new grip, added a grip cap, put on some real checkering, drilled and tapped the sear for a trigger adjustment screw, made a new front sight blade, finished the stock and blued the metal. The barrel is slightly pitted, but shoots around 1 1/4- 1 1/2 at 100 with a couple different cast bullets.

[nun2kute]

Beautiful work there quack1

[gnoahhh]

1898 Krag converted to single shot, .22 Maximum Lovell, built by Hervey Lovell himself circa late 1930's. Heavy barrel, "Marksman" style stock, aluminum furniture on stock (butt plate and grip cap), Pacific double set triggers (push the front trigger forward to set the rear trigger- only way it'll fire). Big old Unertl since replaced with smaller Litschert.