KRAG JORGENSEN FEVER! 

He became a General in the AEF, we also have his M1911 pistol. I saw one in a pawn shop about a year ago, l said damn. Both the Colt and the 30/40 Krag are supposed to go to my son, they are both keepers.We also have his dress sword and a wicked nasty trench knife, a triangular blade thing. From the war to end all wars. yeah right

(From Austin, the narrator of this video) During their service life a lot of Krags went through numerous updates, and after their service life many were sold through the DCM program or through Bannermans catalogue, with plenty converted into sporting rifles and/or reconfigured with various parts by Bannderman. Since these rifles were considered more available and plentiful at the time (before people were worried about collectability) converting them to sporting rifles to be used for hunting was a popular thing to do at the time, especially during the Depression era. Regardless, your rifle would have started life as a Springfield Model 1892 Second Type rifle and is early enough to leagally be considered an antique, which also means it could have possibly seen use in Cuba and the Phillippines during its early service!

Thanks Austin!

Can another caliber be shot out of a rifle calibered for 30 40 Krag? I ask because 30 40 is hard to find & when found is expensive?

The Springfield Armory Museum should be able to help. www.nps.gov/spar/learn/historyculture/u-s-springfield-krag-jorgensen-rifle-production-numbers.htm

#collectiongoals

@@RockIslandAuctionCompany I would die a happy man if I could own a krag

Husker på Landskytterstevnet i 2006, Målselv, så var det en på stangskyting som klarte å skyte fort nok til at han hadde 3 tomhylser i lufta. Husker ikke om det var med en Krag eller Sauer.

@@Thule21 var nok ei krag ;-)

You may take your complaint up with William Brophy.

@@RockIslandAuctionCompany You mean Brophy's catchy and pithy book title? I expect more in a 20 minute video.

​@@tberkoff FWIW... Pithy - : having substance and point Nickname: : 1 a usually descriptive name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to a person, place, or thing 2: a familiar form of a proper name

@@RockIslandAuctionCompany What are you arguing? "Krag" is still not the ACTUAL name of the rifle. I thought I would have heard the ACTUAL name mentioned at some point in a 20 minute video...and how the US troops at the time usually referred to the firearm by its nickname. A comparable comparison is the "Trapdoor," a nickname for the US Springfield Rifle used from about 1867 to 1892.

In all serious your attempt to look like the smartest guy in the room is laughable in best. The only thing you've succeeded in is showing yourself for who you are, a fake expert. No actual SMEs will take you seriously.