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KRAG carbine mod 1898 w/rifle rear sight mfg Springfield Bolt Action very nice Stock
The Krag Model 1898 Rifle was the first smokeless powder repeating firearm adopted by the United States. SN 126267 U.S./Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Bolt-Action Box Magazine Rifle (repeater/ breech-loading/ smokeless powder/ cartridge ammunition) The Krag Model 1898 Rifle was the first smokeless powder repeating firearm adopted by the United States. Because U.S. smokeless powder manufacture was lagging, sufficient quantities of these arms were not available to national forces as war broke out with Spain. When the U.S. Navy battleship MAINE blew up in Spanish Cuba’s Havana harbor, it made little difference who was at fault.
In a later effort to increase this arm’s rate of fire, 200 Model 1898 Rifles and Model 1899 Carbines were modified at Springfield Armory to accept the Parkhurst Clip Loading Attachment. This modification consisted of a machined “T”-shaped steel block with guide lip that was fitted into right side of the receiver immediately behind the magazine cover for the purpose of accommodating a Mauser-type stripper clip.
This experimental alteration was later abandoned, and most modified rifles were subsequently stripped of usable parts and destroyed. In addition to military service, special Krag rifles equipped with eight groove Stevens-Pope barrels were used by the U.S. 1903 Palma Team, which defeated British marksman at their home range of Bisley to claim the international long-range championship in a match that was later protested by Britain on the grounds that the Pope barrel had not been adopted for military use. Approximately 160,000 Krag rifles and carbines were produced at Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal between 1892 and 1899, and all Regular Army units were re-equipped with these arms by late 1895.
282 – SN 126267
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