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Death to quislings.
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Post Spanish-American War production
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That's no way for guys like us to go out. We should go out in the midst of a desperate battle, doing great deeds. - COL Rick Rescorla
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Is the brass piece the remains of a scope mount?
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Death to quislings.
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The brass was fed though the magazine. I didn’t think anything of till I went to load it on the range. I’ll try to get a picture with it back in later tonight.
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Looks like a rifle length gun with a carbine hand guard. The big hump in the hand guard was to protect the carbine rear sight when slid in and out of saddle scabbards
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Originally Posted By Stevtrains: Here are some pictures with it back in. I also find it strange that someone removed the safety. https://imgur.com/a/V5vluqS View Quote @stevtrains Your pictures are not showing up. |
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Originally Posted By Stevtrains: Here are some pictures with it back in. I also find it strange that someone removed the safety. https://imgur.com/a/V5vluqS View Quote OP, quit posting the link to the Imgur page the pictures are on. You have to post the link to the individual picture: https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Picture-posting-tutorial-and-PICTURE-test-thread/168-638569/ |
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Death to quislings.
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The spacer is to make it work better with blanks.
Prob a old VFW gun well used, missing safety and stock has been altered. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Ahhhh. Was wondering why they'd plugged the magazine. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By tangeant: The spacer is to make it work better with blanks. Prob a old VFW gun well used, missing safety and stock has been altered. Ahhhh. Was wondering why they'd plugged the magazine. 5 blanks should fit in magazine. The brass piece makes up for the blanks not having bullets and being shorter... helps with feeding. Rifle could be a Hollywood gun too. |
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The barrel has been shortened (and the stock cut as previously mentioned) and the muzzle turned down to accept a bayonet. "They" did these on some for the VFW or American Legion to make them M1903 length. The handguard also has a chunk glued on forward of the sight.
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I would post it at the the. Krag Collectors Association forum for opinions, I remember a thread there awhile ago about the magazine plugs and movie studio guns that was informative.
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Thank you everyone for all the help. I’ll take a look @ the Krag Collectors sight too. Do you think it would be worth the $25 to ask the CMP if they sold it?
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Originally Posted By Stevtrains: Thank you everyone for all the help. I’ll take a look @ the Krag Collectors sight too. Do you think it would be worth the $25 to ask the CMP if they sold it? View Quote Why not wait for a bit for more info? CMP almost certainly did not sell it. Maybe the DCM, which I think the CMP has their records. If a Veteran's Organization gun, I don't think those went through the DCM? |
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Originally Posted By Stevtrains: Thank you everyone for all the help. I’ll take a look @ the Krag Collectors sight too. Do you think it would be worth the $25 to ask the CMP if they sold it? View Quote CMP has sold a handful of Krags over the years. Veteran organization returns, which is what this one looks like. It's definitely been messed with. |
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Whats the last number of the serial? , 242,220 and 242,226 show in SRS as going to the MD NG in 1904. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Why not wait for a bit for more info? CMP almost certainly did not sell it. Maybe the DCM, which I think the CMP has their records. If a Veteran's Organization gun, I don't think those went through the DCM? View Quote Originally Posted By Ameshawki: CMP has sold a handful of Krags over the years. Veteran organization returns, which is what this one looks like. It's definitely been messed with. View Quote To expand on these, many veteran organization guns didn't make it back to the issuing agency before they were sold off to the public. Common stories are the organization shut down and the guns got sold to the members/friends/whoever, or the guns were kept at "Harry's" house but Harry dies and his widow sells them off with the rest of his stuff. I would say most "Legion Hall" guns fall into one of these categories with "sold thru the CMP" being a distant third. Technically, the first two types are stolen .gov property but the records are apparently so bad it's easier to prove life on alien planets than prove something is a stolen vet org rifle. |
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