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Sounds intresting, would like to see how you incorperate the stock panels on a Krag with the magazine and plate on either sides of the action. Love rounded grips, should be a beauty. Any idea of approx. weight? Thanks Bob
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OK, so $475 is pricey for a common Krag sporter. Where is the pictured Jaeger Krag on the pecking order? Jaegers and Sedgleys are found around the Philly area more than anywhere else. Mark B. can attest to that. I feel like my Krag sporter is a Stoeger but I don't know for sure.
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A difficult question about value. Some would say the same for any Jaeger rifle of this condition and vintage. One could argue that high-end Krags are a lot more harder to come by and should command a premium. Others would say not as many people want a Krag so they should be discounted. See how easy it was for me to not answer your question. The $$$$ of this rifle are best left between the buyer and the seller. Although it might be fun to see what others think. This rifle also has the mount and scope which would go a long ways towards that $475.
MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014
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I really like a lot of that stock; a schnabel fore-end would make it perfect.
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$475 is over the top for the average sporterized Krag. The usual range is $275-375 but if I were looking for guns to fix up and make over - I am not these days - I would pay $500 for one with a mint bore. A rifle or carbine with a simply cutoff stock and uncut barrel can be restored - someone sells forend pieces that can be grafted on quite heatly. A gun like that is worth more.
Case coloring unstressed parts on a custom job is a neat idea, you could do a steel buttplate, the magazine left side cover, the big magazine box, the trigger guard, and some of the bolt parts. I have a Holland & Holland Norwegian Krag with a colored guard, albeit done by Mark Silver while doing some other work on the rifle. I did not think of it for the Jerry Fisher Krag because thet rifle is on an "American interwar sporter" theme and colors would not have fitted in. But on the rifle Steve is planning, with a contoured barrel and Germanic stock, they would be excellent. If it works out as planned, Steve's rifle will be splendid. Including Steve's, I now know of four high grade custom Krags under order, three of them however from one customer, another Manhattan lawyer, two of them from one gunsmith. I hope we are starting a revival.
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The three rifles being made for my fellow Manhattant attorney are on American, Norse, and Danish actions.
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I would very much like to see pictures of Krags with color casehardened parts....
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Was there a receiver sight for the US Krag that mounted on the bolt handle side of the receiver. I have an old commercial sporter stock with flat diamond checkering, a horn grip cap, schnable tip and a winchester m70 type steel butt plate that was neatly inletted on the right side between bolt and loading gate, even with a small channel for a threaded rod like you sometimes see on a Lyman 48 stock inlett. Thanks, Bob
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Yes, there was; the one that will soon be mine HAS the sight on the bolt/magazine gate side. If you wanted to sell, I would be VERY interested in pictures.
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I don't know as these pictures of my Krag will help in your quest but I have had this one for years. It is birdseye maple from one end to the other. I don't know who the stock maker was but found this one shortly after I had bought a Krag years ago to do a custom build. I figured this one was pretty close to what I was going for so I sold the other Krag and kept this one. It has taken a few mule deer does and makes me smile every time I look at it. It did have the original front sight but had some damage to the crown and the front sight so had the barrel shortened about an inch and a new sight put on. Marty
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