I have a Globe 433, it's a Norwegian Krag sporterized and in .308
Unsurprisingly I shoot it with cast and not full power .308 so i'm a long way away from having to mull over the strength of the action.
It's a very nice handling rifle and i've gotten excellent accuracy with it.
I do have one issue with it i've been meaning to post up here on the forum for advice so i'm going to go right ahead and take this opertunity while we're already on about these rifles.
When shooting it the magazine hinge plate tends to flip upwards and then come out forwards under recoil. This is very inconvenient as in short order it causes the magazine to partially disassemble and jam, I have quit shooting it because I always have to check it after every shot, and that's a shame because I want to shoot it more.
What is it that normally keeps the hinge pin locked in it's proper, down, orientation? Is it just friction between the leaf on the front of the pin and the bottom of the magazine body?
I took some pictures for those not as familiar with these who want to follow along.
Hinge pin in downward, locked position;
Hinge pin flipped forward;
Hinge pin backing out (at this point the magazine will loose tension on the follower and won't feed properly;
Magazine dissembled (for reference)
And I suppose I owe y'all a shot of the actual rifle, quick and not the best. I stole the sling on it and stuck it on the Ross 1905E I found the other day. It's my solution to a cast 30cal platform since the krag wasn't behaving. Although I would rather like to get the krag up and running because I have a whole ton of .308 brass and oddly enough nothing else chambered in it.