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Update: Things got a LOT tighter, but now are slightly better. Watching the Waltons and have decided to start very slowly twiddling with MY Krag; keep trying to find a competent Kragsmith but either they are retiring or are too far to hand-carry my baby to. This rifle is actually mentioned in my will, and I am VERY jealously protective. I am so low-tech with my Krag that almost every round I have shot in the last 10 years has been made in an ancient Lee Loader I gave $11 for. But I'm blabbering. Any suggestions as to a Kragsmith in Appalachia? I define "apple-at-cha" (not "ap-uh-lay-sha") as East TN, Eastern NC, SW VA, and on up toward about Lynchburg, VA.

For the love of Krag.
Just poking this old thread.

I studied this thread many years ago and it was the inspiration for my 35 Krag build. We were having a wild hog problem back then and the 35 Krag seemed to be a desirable answer to the problem.I have been busy lately and have not had the time to use it and we are no longer raising peanuts so the pigs are not showing up anymore.
Anyone hear if Dave got to finish his?

This is a fun thread to reread from front to back. With Michael, Mark, Whitey and JD (Joe Harz) all commenting along with so many others.

My own comments are interesting to me. Eventually, some of the magic wore off on me and I bought and now own a sporterized Krag by an unknown maker.

Michael mentioned one of his had a 4x Lyman Alaskan on it. I would love such a set up but what does one use for a scope base for such a scope and rifle? All my scopes are Unertle/Fecker/Lyman style. Not very adaptable to the Krag I think and certainly not as functional as what Michael described.

I'd love find one of Michael's old Krags. I don't remember seeing them in the estate auction.

I just checked the member list and Plain Old Dave has not been on line since 14 January 2017, sadly.

Perhaps slightly off track, there is this nice Krag for sale at Amoskeag this weekend and many other Krags suitable for customizing, etc.



https://live.amoskeagauction.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/55/lot/30719?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F55%3Fpage%3D1%26view%3Dgrid%26key%3Dkrag%26sale%3Dundefined%26catm%3Dany%26order%3Dorder_num%26xclosed%3Dyes%26featured%3Dno

I don't see that gun on the upcoming auction. What is the item number, and what auction are your referring to?

2472 - 2480 Looks like 8 at Amoskeag
But there are a pot full of Krags coming up on Proxibid.

Amoskeag. I count about 15 Krags.

The pictured gun is #2480, but there are other sporterized Krags as well. I chose that one because it was unusual in that its mag door has been chemical case colored.

I tried to post a photo or two of my 35 Krag but the only option I could get was uploading from a URL. Is there a way load photos from your own computer? I poked around on this site and did not find any instructions on how to do it.