The resurrection of this thread made me recall a Krag rifle I bought at auction several years ago and stashed away. A somewhat typical cut down rifle with the exception of the CAL.22 LR receiver. The barrel and bolt are standard .30-40. The rifle is equipped with a Pacific rear sight base but the slide is long gone. The barrel is drilled and tapped for a set of Weaver bases that are contoured to match the barrel profile which allows a Scout type scope mount. I removed the bases and attached a rear adjustable sight for preliminary load testing. The barrel was installed with a short head space. Consequently, I had to shorten a sizing die to enable easy chambering of the brass. That all done, the rifles accuracy is very good with both lead and jacketed bullets as the bore is excellent.

Question:
Does the CAL.22 LR receiver add any particular value to the gun? I would expect a .22 LR Krag barrel and bolt to be plenty scarce.

Thanks,
Ken




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