Here is a Feuerstutzen based on a Mauser 88 carbine. Ad says the front of the barrel is rust pitted. The price is not unreasonable so thought about getting to rebarrel

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calledflyer wrote on Jun 19^th, 2025 at 4:39pm:


I think he  just took the angle that the bolt handle took from the action and kept the slopes all the way to keep the area uniform. No weaker than if he'd used an ugly straight slot out from the action. I like it. [/quote]

My comment had no bearing on quality or strength it was just something that caught my eye and like the entire package it's  " gorgeous "

Rick

Schwarzstock, there is a lot of barrel out there and you don't need the front sight with the scope. Just whack off the bad part and you have a nice 8.15x46R or even turn the bad part into a bloop tube and keep the looks.

calledflyer wrote on Jun 19^th, 2025 at 4:39pm:


Nah, the stocker merely mimicked the bolt cutout that was a design feature on military M1892 & M1896 Krag rifles and carbines. It was eliminated on the M1898's and replaced with a simple straight slot.

I think he  just took the angle that the bolt handle took from the action and kept the slopes all the way to keep the area uniform. No weaker than if he'd used an ugly straight slot out from the action. I like it. [/quote]

I've spent a lot of time looking for anything that would tie this marvelous old Krag to W. Milton Farrow or to the NRA and New Jersey National Guard matches at Sea Girt.  I'd pretty much struck out until I found a reference in the NRA's Annual Report for 1904.  The report on the Schuetzen match listed 10 competitors.  An asterisk (*) preceded the names of 3 competitors.  At the end of the match report, the asterisk indicated shot with "Krag" rifle.  "Krag" was in quotations, implying (to me) that it was not an ordinary Krag.

The Sea Girt Schuetzen match was shot at 200 yards using the German 25-ring target.  The target is the same as we use today, but there were 25 rings, hence the name.  Bigger paper?

It was an offhand match, shot with the body free of support.  Rules were "any rifle, any sight, any caliber, set triggers allowed.  Cleaning between shots allowed". A Krag shooting military cartridges would be very much of a handicap.  A *Krag fitted with a stock designed for offhand shooting, firing handloads with cast bullets, might be competitive.

The match at Sea Girt was a 3-shot re-entry match.  As I understand it, each competitor stood at the firing point, probably next to a loading bench, and slowly fired 3 shots at his target.  After Shooter A fired his 3 shots, it was Shooter B's turn.  After all shooters had fired at their first targets, the second round of competition began, and after that, the third and final round.  Each shooter could score a maximum of 75 points per target.  3 target scores were added for the final score, with 225 points being maximum. It's a long, slow match.  Plenty of time to share the *Krag, unless there were 3. Were there 3?

Owen Smith won, 213 points.  Harry Pope, 2nd with 211.  Dr. Walter G. Hudson, 4th with 209.  *Pvt. Robert Lee Pile, D.C. Natl Guard, was 6th with 208.  *James G. Dillin was 8th with another 208.  *Capt. William C. Gannon, N.J. Natl Guard, was 9th with 204.  I've learned about Pile and Gannon, but not much about Dillin. Maybe his name was misspelled.

Was there more than one *Krag?  I'll bet not.  Where was Farrow? He'd had an argument with the NRA's Board of Directors over annual memberships and lost.  His name doesn't appear in the 1904 Annual Report.  But was he at Sea Girt with the rifle?

Good heavens look at that stock.  Hey am I the first guy that posted an ‘I’d buy that’?!?!!