The New York Times: TESTING THE KRAG-JORGENSEN; Satisfactory Results Obtained with the New Rifle by Capt. Black Willet's Point.
TESTING THE KRAG-JORGENSEN; Satisfactory Results Obtained with the New Rifle by Capt. Black Willet's Point.
So I know how everybody including myself feels about sporterized rifles, but I've wanted a handy Krag-Jorgensen carbine for years. When I was 16 I traded my way into a 1898 carbine which was mostly original, the handguard had been lost and a smaller barrel band fitted, and the cutoff had been...
While researching a Krag-Jorgensen rifle I stumbled across an old thread on your site. My rifle appears to be almost identical to the one posted. However, the author didn't state the barrel length. Mine is 20.5" w/ SN 290,507. Did the U.S. use any carbines with this barrel length or does this make it a Norwegian carbine.
With currency inflation, Covid, and other World Events, our experience on the value of many items from antique firearms to houses is totally upended. That appears to be a nice U.S. Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen rifle. With the condition of the wood, I'd have valued it much lower than it sold for at auction. Auction 'Sold Prices' give us a clue to firearm values, but, tend to be high, due to ...
Springfield Armory has Krag-Jorgensen rifle, serial #100, which is believed to be "Krag-Jorgensen test rifle #5". This rifle design was further refined and adopted, as U.S. magazine rifle - Model of 1892. The prototype rifle, serial number 100, has an off-set notch on the rear-sight 'slide' and a 'blade' on the front barrel-band.