What you get in a box at auction

[1mark]

I love buying box lots. Never know what you will find until you get home and go through everything.

A M1922 barrel 22 caliber with the threads turned down to fit a Krag receiver. The bolt has been modified for 22 rim fire. The extractor has been lengthen for the 22 caliber.

DO not know what I am going to do with it yet but may build a 22.

Has anyone seen a setup like this? Any suggestions?

[Dick Hosmer]

Firing pin hole does not look particularly offset in that photo - are you sure the set-up wasn't made for a .22 Hornet (which would certainly require the extractor extension)?

[1mark]

The firing pin hole is dead center. I was only going by the M1922 barrel being 22 caliber. I could have been re-chambered for 22 hornet and I will need to check that.

[Kragrifle]

Where did you find this and do you have any history?

[JBinIll]

I gotta couple receivers if you wanna play around.LOL

[1mark]

I purchased this and other parts at an auction. I have no other history. Can someone tell me the case size of a 22 Hornet? Case length and diameter and the base diameter. I want to check the bolt and chamber.
The scope blocks are going no my M1922. But the other parts are a question. If I can determine what the barrel is chambered in I will most likely sell them.

[mhb]

Another possibility...

for a centerfire conversion of the Krag is the R2 Lovell/.22-3000, which is based on the old .25-20 Single Shot case, both larger and longer than the Hornet, and capable of better ballistics. I have an 1892 Krag converted to the R2, but using a commercial barrel, and it works and shoots well.

mhb - Mike

[jon_norstog]

Here's a couple pictures of the 25-20 single shot. One shows the dimensions, the other one shows it side by side with the 25-20 Winchester. Let's hear more about your find!

25_20_SS.jpg25_20_SS.png

jn

[1mark]

Ok the inside of the bolt for the case base is .3585. The chamber is .2825. The chamber is too large for a 22 mag round.
Is there an easy way to get a casting of the chamber? Caulk maybe?

[Ned Butts]

My brother recently picked up a nice old conversion of a Krag to R2 Lovell and is still trying to get the ammo/reloading figured out. He was told he should use actual .223 diameter bullets which have been a bit hard to come by around here. Any input, information, advice would be very helpful!!

for a centerfire conversion of the Krag is the R2 Lovell/.22-3000, which is based on the old .25-20 Single Shot case, both larger and longer than the Hornet, and capable of better ballistics. I have an 1892 Krag converted to the R2, but using a commercial barrel, and it works and shoots well.

mhb - Mike

[jon_norstog]

22_hornet.png

.22 Hornet.

jn

[Kragrifle]

I think I have one of the 22-3000 rifles somewhere. I bought it with a bag of bullets! Nice, well done conversion. I need to find that rifle!

[1mark]

Thanks Jon, I believe it is chambered for 22 hornet.

[gnoahhh]

Sounds like its a Hornet, or it could also be a K-Hornet. Either way it's pretty cool.

I too love box lots. Afew weeks ago I scored this pile of Krag stuff at an auction, for $25. The spare receiver in another lot cost me another $5:



Wanna make one gun out of your stuff and mine?

Here's what a .22CF can look like in a Krag. In this instance it is a .22 Maximum Lovell (based on the .25-20SS case), built by old Hervey Lovell himself, and with Pacific double set triggers:



It'll shoot: (5 shots, 100 yards)

[gnoahhh]

The neat thing about the complete (minus extractor) action above is the modification someone did to make it an angle eject instead of straight up: (sorry for the crummy pic)





It is a spring loaded blade that passes through the receiver wall and rides in a slot cut in the bolt head, and pops out when the bolt is withdrawn over it much like an '03 Springfield ejector does. The only advantage I can see for it is if one were to mount a scope low over the centerline of the action. Perhaps that was the intent, as the Bold trigger suggests sporterization was under way. At any rate it is indeed a nice job of work- whoever did it was no slouch.