I have a cosmetic question. This Krag has nothing holding it into the stock but the two trigger guard screws. I planned on making a barrel band from a barrel band sling mount.
I picked up a barrel band and screw from a Savage 340. It would be much less work but is kind of thin, and fits the barrel a little farther up (about the middle of the forarm checkering) than where I pictured the band to be.
Three questions....
Ive never seen one up close, is the typical barrel band made of thin stock or are they usually a little thicker.
Where do the typically sit in relation to the forarm? (middle, toward the tip)
Would I want to find a screw echelon for the underside or is just the screw head enough?
here are pics of the band in question.
This is about where it would sit in relation to the forend.
I like this rifle and don't want to be bubba.
