Don't use a complete military rifle as a donor. Now that's out of the way, a couple of tips. So from a financial perspective this project makes no sense at all. The guy had it on offer for $400 with no takers and I suspect he would have taken $300. If it had been done on a Springfield 03 in 30-06 it would have been four figures. Nice walnut stock, ebony forend tip, ramped and hooded front sight, the works. Just to put things in perspective, I once saw a top notch custom Krag sporter at a gun show. However I am quite serious about having this done. I'll be away for a few days, so may not get a chance to respond immediately. I am hoping to hold my cost for this gun from $2,000 to $2500.Ĭomments and suggestions on theis project are solicited, as well as names of gunsmiths who might be interested in building it.
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It has a slightly damaged forend tip but could be repaired for use as a pattern to turn a duplicate in a better grade of walnut. I have two actions, the one I prefer to use must have the barrel removed and replaced by the barrel on the other action. 34 sight, which I may have to compromise on. I have all the necessary parts, with the exception of the Lyman No. But stock and forend were fitted with eyes for sling hooks."Ī picture of the rifle is the top rifle on page 439 of Baker's book. The action was smoothed up, the slack taken out of the trigger and a screw added to make the pull adjustable. The stock was checkered and refinished, the butt being fitted with a rubber recoil pad. The grip was reduced in front of the comb, deepening the hand hole to make the comb appear higher, and then the stock worked down to the same dimensions as the owner's favorite Parker shotgun. 34 receiver sight, smoothing up the action and remodeling the stock. The alterations to this arm (which was a carbine to begin with, having a 22 inch barrel) consisted of removing the rear sight and base, filling in the hole in the handguard with a piece of walnut, replacing the military front sight with a Lyman gold bead, fitting a Lyman No. Jenkins' Krag did not include a new stock, the military stock being remodeled and used instead. Jenkins described on page 438 of Baker's "Modern Gunsmithing". The rifle I want is a duplication of the one built for Dr. I'm interested in having a rifle built on the 1898 Springfield (U.S. I couldn't decide whether to post here or on the Custom Rifle Forum, however I'm finally posting here in hopes of finding someone who might be interested and producing a nice quality job. I have had this project on my mind for sometime (like 30 years).