What Should A 1896 Krag-Jorgensen Cost Me?

Blacksmith101 · Aug 22, 2016

My Dad had a Model 1896 Krag-Jorgensen when I was a boy, long time ago. He traded that in to buy a Remington 600 in .222 to use on groundhogs but I always liked the Krag. So my question is what should I expect to pay for a .30-40 Krag, I want a shooter in sound condition because guns are meant to be used?

Thanks in advance for the advise.

K31 · Aug 22, 2016

Rifle or carbine?

When you say "a shooter" you expect "to be used", are you saying you don't care about bluing or wood condition as long as it's sound? Would you accept a bubba'a rifle?

Doco Overboard · Aug 22, 2016

1200 should get you a nice Krag rifle with some digging, its real hard to find something on a Krag that has everything, like shiny bore, correct sight handgaurd configuration and inspector car-touche or stock without cracks in the wrist or duffle cut for-end but they are out there. If it has a lower band without a band spring or has been D&Td it could be a cut down rifle which is worth not much more than the sum of its parts. US Krags are tricky because of the many arsenal mods and if you want as issued alot of investigation is in order. Some thing else to consider is ammo availability, seasonal runs on brass and two dollars a round when you can find it. Many have been non arsenal modified because of their popularity and can be found relatively reasonably priced, some with decent aperture peep sights. For a shooter that may suffice. Anything in its original form is pretty much a collector piece these days and tough to break out on.

Blacksmith101 · Aug 22, 2016

K31 said:
Rifle or carbine?

When you say "a shooter" you expect "to be used", are you saying you don't care about bluing or wood condition as long as it's sound? Would you accept a bubba'a rifle?

When I say a shooter I mean something I can take to the vintage rifle matches at the club and not be ashamed so that leaves Bubba out. As far as the fine details go they are not so important as long as it looks like a Krag, and works like a Krag I would be reasonably happy. I reload so ammo is not a major problem.

Doco Overboard · Aug 23, 2016

A lot of deals are rifles with the chamber reamed to fire blanks. Some have washed barrels when cupro nickel fouling is cleaned out from what would ordinarily look ok. Find one with 1902 sights that are windage adjustable. Form brass from .303 Brit for plinking and getting your Dope. Have fun!

K31 · Aug 23, 2016

Blacksmith101 said:
When I say a shooter I mean something I can take to the vintage rifle matches at the club and not be ashamed so that leaves Bubba out. As far as the fine details go they are not so important as long as it looks like a Krag, and works like a Krag I would be reasonably happy. I reload so ammo is not a major problem.

I'd say you are looking starting in the $800 range from what you've described.

Blacksmith101 · Aug 23, 2016

Thanks for the reply's. It looks like I need to do some more studying so I know just what to look out for and then start looking.

Squaregrouper · Aug 24, 2016

I am happy to give a potential purchase a once over before you dive in. Krags are my forte.

Squaregrouper · Aug 24, 2016

K31 said:
I'd say you are looking starting in the $800 range from what you've described.

This. Also check auctionzip. They come up quite often in PA.

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