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.