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1. #HEAD SPACEING A SPRINGFIELD 1898 KRAG RIFLE SERIAL#
2. #HEAD SPACEING A SPRINGFIELD 1898 KRAG RIFLE FULL#

With the side plate left in place, the empties might fall part way into the magazine opening and get caught between the magazine follower and the bolt.Ī few years back, I messed about with a Krag Model 1898 Gallery Practice Rifle. That let the empties fall out the left side.

IIRC, they sell for about $100 and are not too difficult to find.īack in the day, some who shot the Krag with the Stevens-Pope barrels would remove the magazine side plate. The receiver sights fit into the cutoff slot. With these, you remove the magazine cutoff. Much, much better contemporary receiver sights are the Pacific and the Redfield (and maybe Marble's) "no drill" types adjustable for windage & elevation. The Rice was a pretty much ho-hum sight intended for all the old Krags that were chopped up into hunting rifles.

#HEAD SPACEING A SPRINGFIELD 1898 KRAG RIFLE FULL#

The rifle is mounted with a full one piece straight grip stock and handguard, with bayonet lug and stacking swivel on the front band, flat steel buttplate with compartment (cleaning rod not included) and sling swivels. The rifle is fitted with a blade front and 1901 tangent rear sight graduated to 20 and marked 1, 2, 3, B and 4 on the left side of the base. The underside of the stock wrist is stamped with the circled "P" and a faint two digit number. The left side of the stock wrist is stamped with the boxed script "JLA/1899" cartouche. The top of the barrel is marked "STEVENS - POPE".

#HEAD SPACEING A SPRINGFIELD 1898 KRAG RIFLE SERIAL#

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY" followed by the serial number. The receiver is marked with the standard "U.S./MODEL 1898. 22 caliber Stevens - Pope barrel with off-set chamber and bolt with auxiliary extractor for the. The rifle has the distinctive altered receiver side. These Pope barreled variants were not government altered or purchased, but strictly commercial products. 22 caliber Gallery Practice rifles manufactured by Springfield Armory. This is an example of one of the Pope barreled Model 1898 Krag.