Krag Left Index Finger... 1890 version of M-1 thumb?

[Griff Murphey]

I had my pretty Krag out on fathers' day, t'was my wife's idea to go out and shoot and she cheered me on. I always punch out my guns with a wet patch of lighter fluid before firing. So my old sewer pipe 98 the extractor lifts up easily and bolt comes out OK. The little-used pretty 98 has a very stiff extractor... I got a couple of blood blisters trying to lift that son's extractor up. In fact I wound up using the smooth tip of my USN knife's can opener to lift it up. I guess I am confessing my wuss-ness... Anyone else ever do this???

[madsenshooter]

My parkerized Krag has a very tightly fitted extractor too Griff. I need a wee screwdriver to lift it up a tad.

[Mark Daiute]

I've poke holes in my thumb and fingers doing this with some Krags.

[psteinmayer]

When shooting in the Cast Bullet Match last weekend, we were instructed to remove the bolts between firing courses... I damn-near made my finger raw removing the bolt from my 1898 rifle over and over... I fifnally got to the point where I was lifting in the area just behind the bolt face... until I discovered that when I rotated the bolt to the removal position, I pinched the hell out of my thumb between the extractor and the bolt shaft, LOL! My sportered 1898 is much easier.

Paul