Springfield 1898 (Krag) Sporter

[mkgr22]

Don't cry for me... Truth is I never left you... (with apologies to the writers of Evita)

I've been watching this thread to see if you really have turned away from the dark side.

Nice rifle!!

 

[rob63]

Just for the fun side of things, note the description of uses for the "Russian Springfield Military Rifle" ( or MOSIN) under the Krag.. Obviously the American Legion back then were a tough bunch of Hombres that did not tolerate fools in the organization..

Improper disposal of a flag used to carry a heavy price indeed!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I've been watching this thread to see if you really have turned away from the dark side.

Nice rifle!!

Thanks Mike. Yes indeed! And for the record, I'm not the only one that got an AR *cough* indy *cough*...

 

[indy1919a4]

Just when you thought you had enough Krag variations to worry about ... How about a 22 Krag trainer..???

To Sweet for words..

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=176655

 

[indiucky]

I'm pretty sure it's been cut down (at least that's what the Gunbroker description said). It does appear to have an original front sight though. The original rear sight was removed and it appears to have been longer than it would have been for a carbine (I think). If it was an original carbine then I got a lot better deal than I thought. Those darn things are pricey!

I had a sporter in here that had a for real carbine upper hand guard on it...One of my regulars bought it and sold the hand guard for half what he paid for the rifle...It was weird but it was NOT a carbine and that really WAS a carbine upper hand guard....

As Mike's Bannerman Catalog shows they was lots of funky things going on in the milsurp world back in the 1920's......

 

[indiucky]

I've been watching this thread to see if you really have turned away from the dark side.

Nice rifle!!

I always suspected you were bi-gunsuel.....

 

[mkgr22]

I always suspected you were bi-gunsuel.....

Me???

No way!! If it ain't blue steel and walnut, I just don't get aroused...

 

[indiucky]

Me???

No way!! If it ain't blue steel and walnut, I just don't get aroused...

LOL...No doggydaddy....I know you swing for the walnut and steel....

Doggydaddy just had a six month period of confusion....Mike and I were worried because he started saying "tactical" a lot and I saw him trying to duct tape a flashlight onto Carcano I had here in the shop....Mike held his arms and I put a cloth covered in cosmoline under his nose and he snapped out of it but it was touch and go for awhile...


If I get a Glock and know I can count on you all to do the same for me...

"Snap out of it Rick...Quick Mike, bring that Smith N frame with the stag grips....STAT!!!!!!"

 

[BGDave]

Somewhat interesting story. (brought to mind by the firing squad use). When my Father was a young man in Richfield Idaho, during deer season he and his brothers would borrow Krags from the local VFW to hunt. (with ammo) The way I understand the story my Great Uncle Jess would kill all the deer and the boys would tag them. Apparently, Uncle Jess was a deer killing machine.

 

[RustyHornet]

As Mike's Bannerman Catalog shows they was lots of funky things going on in the milsurp world back in the 1920's......

Makes you wish you could go back and order some more doesn't it?

 

[indy1919a4]

I saw him trying to duct tape a flashlight onto Carcano I had here in the shop....

/QUOTE]

I do not know which was worst, the fact he did it... Or how proud he was of his Frankenstein creation after he did it?????

 

[indiucky]

Makes you wish you could go back and order some more doesn't it?

With the depression going on and the crops poor pap said we couldn't afford it....Once them danged revenue men busted our still I knew things from Bannerman would only be a dream for me...Like pap said, "Whut tha hale's wrong with ur grandpappy's flintlock?? Huh??? ya tryin' ta git abuv yore raisin' boy???"

 

[indiucky]

I do not know which was worst, the fact he did it... Or how proud he was of his Frankenstein creation after he did it?????

I hated cramming that cosmoline rag up his snout but between the skin tight t shirt, full arm tattoos, and the Youtube star tactical face twitch going on I knew desperate times call for desperate measures......

I mean who gets full arm tattoos of the Village People????

And no doggydaddy that cowboy may have had Custer's mustache but he was NOT Custer.....And BBI wears a fedora, not a CHIPS helmet....

 

[RustyHornet]

With the depression going on and the crops poor pap said we couldn't afford it....Once them danged revenue men busted our still I knew things from Bannerman would only be a dream for me...Like pap said, "Whut tha hale's wrong with ur grandpappy's flintlock?? Huh??? ya tryin' ta git abuv yore raisin' boy???"

I got nothin.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I saw him trying to duct tape a flashlight onto Carcano I had here in the shop....

/QUOTE]

I do not know which was worst, the fact he did it... Or how proud he was of his Frankenstein creation after he did it?????

I hated cramming that cosmoline rag up his snout but between the skin tight t shirt, full arm tattoos, and the Youtube star tactical face twitch going on I knew desperate times call for desperate measures......

I mean who gets full arm tattoos of the Village People????

And no doggydaddy that cowboy may have had Custer's mustache but he was NOT Custer.....And BBI wears a fedora, not a CHIPS helmet....

Hey, I don't have to take this abuse! Okay, maybe I do... but I don't have to like it! But all seriousness aside, you can make fun of my 6 month AR affair, but NEVER associate me with anything even remotely connected to disco. That's hitting below the belt man! And you know how I'm built. Almost any t shirt is gonna be tight.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Somewhat interesting story. (brought to mind by the firing squad use). When my Father was a young man in Richfield Idaho, during deer season he and his brothers would borrow Krags from the local VFW to hunt. (with ammo) The way I understand the story my Great Uncle Jess would kill all the deer and the boys would tag them. Apparently, Uncle Jess was a deer killing machine.

Apparently Krags are still popular out west among the elk hunting crowd from what I've read. (Presumably sporterized though)

 

[indiucky]

Hey, I don't have to take this abuse! Okay, maybe I do... but I don't have to like it! But all seriousness aside, you can make fun of my 6 month AR affair, but NEVER associate me with anything even remotely connected to disco. That's hitting below the belt man!

(I had this album....I was 12...My brother was going through my old albums about 10 years ago and found it....He still rags me about it......)

[video=youtube;IgPgavmY99U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPgavmY99U[/video]

If Kut can admit to drinking Zima I can admit to this....

 

[BGDave]

Apparently Krags are still popular out west among the elk hunting crowd from what I've read. (Presumably sporterized though)

Uncle Jess knew what was up. He used a lever 30/30.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Uncle Jess knew what was up. He used a lever 30/30.

He could've had the best of both... a Winchester 1895 chambered in 30-40.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

(I had this album....I was 12...My brother was going through my old albums about 10 years ago and found it....He still rags me about it......)

[video=youtube;IgPgavmY99U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPgavmY99U[/video]

If Kut can admit to drinking Zima I can admit to this....

Believe it or not, I wore my hair like yours is now back then. When I had hair. I also wore baggies and platform soles.