Restoring a Krag rifle

[bruce]

Long story short ... found and bought a gorgeous 1899 Krag rifle. Someone cut the forend off. Need to find a donor forend and the front barrel band/bayonet lug. Anyone who has one or both or knows where I might look, please let me know. If push comes to shove, I'd have to just grit my teeth and try to home manufacture a forend. The front band however ... will have to just find one. Sincerely. bruce.

[k arga]

I think that on ebay there is a seller called grandpas parts or something like that, at one time he had some.

[sdkrag]

Is the action marked 1899 (carbine) or manufactured 1899?

[bruce]

As near as I can see, the action is dated 1899. The ser. number is 346,059. I did at one time mistakenly thought the ser. number was 346,039. That was wrong. Stock forend is elusive. Looks like I'll be able to source the upper band w/o any real trouble. Found a full stock for about $250 in eBay. That's half what I paid for the entire rifle. Oh well! I've been looking for a good Krag for over 20 years. This one is beautiful. Needs only full stock and standard complete upper band. Sincerely. bruce.

[sdkrag]

How long is the barrel on your rifle? If it's actually dated 1899 It more than likely was issued as a carbine.