Krag with 22 cal on side of the Recvr

[TerryR]

I forgot to mention at the auction on Jan 1st, that one 1898 Krag that had a cutdown stock and an 03 barrel on it had the 22 cal stamped on the side. I just read about them in Poyers book and it jogged my memory bank (what's left). Would that have been one to try to restore and have in a collection? Just asking if I see one again.
Also with more reading, I see that the 1896 Carbine that I went for had an 1892 rear sight on it. Are they rare? From all the reading of changes they made trying to get er right, I would say the 92 would have been rare.
Thanks again!
TerryR
PS I'll bet you guys wish I'd quit reading don't you!!!!!!!
Nope I know how to tell a 92 stock and later ones. HEE! HEE!
Just Like Garands and M1 Carbines they all had their revisions, just have to study them!

[madsenshooter]

Actually, 92 sights are quite common due to all the changes they made to try to get er right. Most were changed from 92 to something else somewhere along the way, so there were all these surplus 92 sights...

[5MadFarmers]

I forgot to mention at the auction on Jan 1st, that one 1898 Krag that had a cutdown stock and an 03 barrel on it had the 22 cal stamped on the side.

Gallery Practice (GP). Serials are in the high range. 470K to 481K or thereabouts. I'd have to pull the table up but they're up there. Not all rifles in that range are GPs though. Dick has one if you want to look.

I just read about them in Poyers book and it jogged my memory bank (what's left). Would that have been one to try to restore and have in a collection? Just asking if I see one again.

I can't answer that as they don't interest me. So somebody with an interest in those would be better answering it. I suspect getting a barrel would border on "impossible."

Also with more reading, I see that the 1896 Carbine that I went for had an 1892 rear sight on it. Are they rare? From all the reading of changes they made trying to get er right, I would say the 92 would have been rare.

As Madsen pointed out they are not rare. They replaced something like 24K of them in service with later models and sold them surplus. Of the Krag sights, loose, on the market they are probably the easiest to find and go the least expensive. You can get them on eBay for $20 (sometimes more, sometimes less) without effort.

Thanks again!
TerryR
PS I'll bet you guys wish I'd quit reading don't you!!!!!!!

No, we don't. The more you read the better the questions become. Eventually your brain will start hurting - trust me.

Nope I know how to tell a 92 stock and later ones. HEE! HEE!
Just Like Garands and M1 Carbines they all had their revisions, just have to study them!

This might be of some assistance:

Changes

[Dick Hosmer]

I don't think you really missed anything, unless it went DIRT cheap. The specially-machined receivers (about 800 made) are rare, but pretty meaningless without the other special parts which, as 5MF suggested, would be nearly impossible to find on the loose. A complete .22GP rifle is a $3000 (and up) item. Don't have pictures of mine (476551) posted yet - plan to do so this winter.

[kurtflys]

GP. I have two of these and one has the "22" markings.

[illinoissteve]

saw the rifle you are talking about at a gun show yesterday. You did not miss anything. the guy who bought it thought he had a real valuable item because the reciever what stamped with the .22 cal. the rifle had been seriously "sporterized". it sported a cut off rifle stock which had been sanded beyond all recognition ( no date on it of course), the barrel was a cut down rifle barrel ( chambered for 30-40)with a 03 front sight and a 1902 rear sight, the hand guard looked like it had been whittled out of a old walnut branch Bubba found in his front yard and no attempt had been made to match the color. The owner was trying to sell it for $750.

[TerryR]

That almost sounds like this one! I figured it was 30-06. But the barrel didn't even look all the way threaded in. It was funky looking! But, again I was so baffeled seeing that 22 cal stamped on the side and a 30 cal barrel. Bubba's like Santa Claus, he's been all over hasn't he!!!!!
TerryR