The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Krag 1898

[anapex]

*** DISCLAIMER *** An old rifle was harmed in the process of making this, just not by me! So keep any of those kind of comments to yourself!

Well when I was home in PA for the Christmas holiday I stumbled on a Springfield 1898 Krag that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg so it came home with me. What follows is a short pictorial of it and its condition.

The Good: An 1898 Krag



The bad: The stock has been beat around a bit and modified in a strange way to take a pistol grip.







The ugly: It looks like someone tried to bed it with wood putty. Also on the second picture you can kinda see the end of a metal screw for a front sling mount.

 

[anapex]

Part 2

The good: This is what the blueing on the gun used to look like.



The bad: This is what it looks like now.



The ugly: That sling point I mentioned earlier? They soldered the threads on to the barrel.




All in all it's still a decent gun. The rifling is still decent, I just need to replace the stock, sights, and refinish it.

 

[kaferhaus]

Look at it this way, you rescued it!!

I had one long ago that I wish had never gotten away from me. There's really nothing speical about them... they don't shoot that well, aren't that pretty, but they do have a super slick action (mine did anyway) and are plenty accurate enough to take game with.

And in my opinion... they're just cool....

good luck with it!

 

[tex_n_cal]

They are worth saving...

actual group at 100 yards