Notes from the owner,
" I bought the gun last year from a custom gunsmith in Trinidad Colorado who initially bought the gun from dealer in California several years earlier. I was attending a single shot metalsmithing summer course and there were quite a few guild members around who agreed with me that the rifle is superbly made and probably dates from the 1950s. The gunmaker that I bought the gun from said that he had it entirely apart and that there were no identifying marks anywhere. I have taken his word on that and have not disassembled the gun myself.
The gun has what I believe to be the arsenal barrel shortened to 21 inches. There are no screw holes on the top of the barrel so I assume that the chamber was lengthened and the barrel set back a half turn to hide the screw holes (the barrel contour is identical to another Krag that I have and there is no evidence of welding the holes). The grip cap has been case colored but they are fading. The gun has a Noshoc pad and a Redfield front sight. The style of the sling swivels reminds me of those seen on vintage British single shot or double rifles. There is a Lyman 57K rear sight. The forend tip is horn. When viewed from the side, the forend itself gently slopes from the receiver to the tip so that at the breech 50% of the barrel diameter is covered by wood but at the forend tip only about 30% of the barrel diameter is covered by wood. Perhaps this is some clue. The quality of the checkering is absolutely first class. The gun remains in like new condition. I have fired it and it is superbly accurate."
