I bought an 1898 Krag at the Missoula gun show in 1985 and brought it back to the UK with me. A butter smooth action and very accurate out to 300 yards. I sold it 15 years ago and regretted it ever since☹ Well, we never own guns we are only custodians of them for a period of time... it was made 60+ years before I was born and it will be around well after I am gone😁 Vic
I have my great-grandfather's M1898 Springfield. Still in it's militarized version, it looks as good today as the day he owned it. Smooth action, easy to shoot, but a tad heavy. Can't imagine my great-granddad sloshing around he PI toting this thing.
Have a 1896 model ... Always wonder where I could look up thr numbers on it. My father gave it to me when I was 12. Quite a neat story behind how he got it. Thanks for the video.
Just acquired a 1898 Kraft exactly like the one in your video. It doesn’t have a bayonet as when gun shows are back I will be looking to bring this back to original the best I can . Thanks for the video
Good morning. Just wanted to share some information about the Kreg. I have an 1892 Craig cartouches 1894 proofing mark is 1895. It is a serial number under 5,000. It is in pristine original unaltered condition. I brought it to Springfield Armory many years ago. They were excited to see an unaltered 1892. They confirmed to me that it was an original and every way. I am proud to own this rifle and one day I will do a video on it. I would love to show the world my gun. It just how beautiful it is. It still retains its cleaning rod under the barrel. And it's stacking swivel. Thank you for showing me your rifle. I would love to show you mine one day. Thank you and have yourself a good holiday season. And Merry Christmas.
I just found out about this gun today. Yesterday I was out metal detecting and found 3 casings and couldn't find out what they where for, so today I went to a gun shop and they helped me find out.
I love shooting my great grandfather's sporterized Krag. I plan to get one for myself. Ammunition can be a bit of a challenge but is not impossible to find. It seems Remmington makes it in small batches every year. I try to pick up a box or two when I find it so we don't have to use any more of the shells marked US 30.
The sight is a 1902 Ski-Jump ramp style with the slide-up Peep sight was called a Sergeants sight for finer shooting at longer ranged targets. This tells us this one on the Arsenal reworks, there really isn't a Krag that hasn't been reworked do to wear and tear and the highly corrosive nature of the original rifle rounds. My Krag is a 1898 rifle that was re-barreled in 1922 from Springfield surplus using a 1903 Springfield 4-groove 30-06 rifle barrel that has been shortened to 22-inch at the breech, the breech threads recut and rechambered in 30-40 Krag and installed on a Carbine length stock. It is super accurate with 150 grain Barnes-X handloads at 2500 fps making for a great open sight Jeep rifle
Have the one that my pop paid 2.50 for when he got out of the marines in ‘45. Still shoot it to this day,it had been sporterized and had a pistol grip added to the stock. One of the smoothest bolt actions I have ever used.
I was wondering about the gravity feed -- if I remember right they had a ? scoop type thing on the breach that you can fill with loose ammo . -- Gravity feed . ?
The magazine cutoff can be up off or down off depending upon the year made, early versus later . You have a 1902 sight, very similar to a 1898 sight ( most were modified) which have 3 notches and the rabbit hole starts. Nice rifle ❤
The 30-40 Jorgensen was in fact the first rifle adapted by the American military that fired more then one round. Everything the military used before that was single shot
Your Rear sight is the Model 1902 Rear sight with the "Sgt's Peep" installed at the rear, that flips up. This sight was designed for a little beefier 30-40 cartridge, but that round was deemed too powerful for the single locking lug action, so production went back to the Model 1898 rear sight, which is similar. UGH!
It was called 30 army, ive got a lot of orig. Shells so headstamped. I like the m1901 rear sight so much that i use it on 3 40mm cannons w/SKS front sights, 2 are still being built.
Please, I have to rectefy you. The Krag Jørgensen is a Norwegian invention. It is a common misdundetstanding that it is Danish, course the Danes adoptet the Krag Jørgensen as the first country in 1889. The US adoptet the KJ in 1892 and the final and perhaps the best shooting one was adopted by the Norwegians in 1894. Danish KJ chambeted in 8x58R. US KJ chambered in 30-40 Krag. Norwegian KJ chambered in 6,5x55. Other than that minor fault, the video is ok. I am about to post a few videos on YT on the Krag Jørgensen rifle!
i was recently gifted a 1849 krag about like this one except for the sights and i have no clue how to work them i know that you can slide them but i don't know how it effects the aim any tips?
I have one. The way it was explained to me, and I do it, is you drop a handful,5, in and close the gate. It works fine like that, although still not as efficient as a stripper clip.
You didn’t mention that the Krag only has one locking lug this they never could increase bullet power and sometimes the lug would shear off for no reason.
Very interesting historic rifle indeed, thanks for the video. I've got the Norwegian made m/1894 model in my collection, original military edition made at Kongsberg in 1911 complete with the bayonet.
US army did not get the Krag from Denmark, its a Norwegian rifle. it was built by Captain Jørgensen and a gunsmith named Krag at Norway Kongsberg weapons factory.There is also a quick charger for this rifle, ua-cam.com/video/S5ycG87H1b8/v-deo.html
Even though it's a Norwegian designed rifle adopted by first the US Army not Danish. The Krag was also adopted by the Danish Army. I like the condition of your rifle.
Corection. Sir, the Danes adoptrd the Krag first in 1889 then the US in 1892 then the Norwrgians in 1894. Look for my upcomming video series on YT with Krag Jørgensen content...
@@TheMrPeteChannel No, the Union with Denmark ended 1814. From 1814 to 1905, Norway was in a Union with the Swedish King. This is partly why the Norwegian Army Krag uses 6.5X55 like the Swedish Mauser, it was developed in cooperation. Norway was independent from 1905.
All my orig 30-40 shells are stamped 30 army, my orig 06 shells are stamped 30 govt 1906. While I've heard people refer to the krag as govt, Ive never seen shells so marked
I had a m95 fullwood. Modified the bolt handle and drilled& tapped for scope mounts. Very accurate, handloads 3/4 moa at 100 metres. Pig of a thing to shoot with the straight stock but did the job at 1/5th the price of a sporter.
Wondering if anyone can help me out. I bought a model 1898 krag carbine. It's serial number is 467968 and i was wondering if anyone could tell me if this gun was used in the spanish-american war, or at least if it was manufactured in time to see combat in the war. I'm having trouble finding information on carbine serials numbers since they were counted separately.
Sir! The Krag-Jørgensen M/1894 is a Norwegian invented rifle, not Danish. Nope, you don’t have place the shells in the magazine «one-by-one» - just drop a handful of shells in the magazine, flip the gate, the ammo will line up straight and chamber nicely.
No. Just no. It's pronounced like it's spelled according to the international phonetic alphabet, with all hard letters and a long "a" (a as in hard): /Kra:g/ To get it right in English you might spell it something like Kraagh (and use a proper "r", preferably with alevolar thrill or guttural in a pinch, not a voiceless English r). Some danish could pronounce it a little more similar to what you wrote (more like Kraeij), but it's a Norwegian name/person and Danish is a mess.
There is a variation of the Krag that has a stripper clip claw that can be used with a standard stripper clip and therefore loaded quicker. Rare though.
I bought an 1898 Krag at the Missoula gun show in 1985 and brought it back to the UK with me. A butter smooth action and very accurate out to 300 yards. I sold it 15 years ago and regretted it ever since☹ Well, we never own guns we are only custodians of them for a period of time... it was made 60+ years before I was born and it will be around well after I am gone😁 Vic
You went all the way to Montana all the way sheesh that’s a long way
@@ALPHARIUS_257 it is😉
One of the best gun shows in the entire state!
F*ck that noise. I own mine. You Brits let your government take custody of yours.
I have my great-grandfather's M1898 Springfield. Still in it's militarized version, it looks as good today as the day he owned it. Smooth action, easy to shoot, but a tad heavy. Can't imagine my great-granddad sloshing around he PI toting this thing.
Thanks for the video, I enjoy seeing these old military rifles and pistols
The Krag Jørgensen is norwegian
Also just bought a 1896 Krag Jørgensen 6.5x55 with war history 👌
came here to say this. guy stars on a gun channel and personally owns the gun and still screws that up
Thank you Roy that was GREAT to see :)
How cool is that. Mighty fine rifle.
Have a 1896 model ... Always wonder where I could look up thr numbers on it. My father gave it to me when I was 12. Quite a neat story behind how he got it. Thanks for the video.
Just acquired a 1898 Kraft exactly like the one in your video. It doesn’t have a bayonet as when gun shows are back I will be looking to bring this back to original the best I can . Thanks for the video
Good morning. Just wanted to share some information about the Kreg. I have an 1892 Craig cartouches 1894 proofing mark is 1895. It is a serial number under 5,000. It is in pristine original unaltered condition. I brought it to Springfield Armory many years ago. They were excited to see an unaltered 1892. They confirmed to me that it was an original and every way. I am proud to own this rifle and one day I will do a video on it. I would love to show the world my gun. It just how beautiful it is. It still retains its cleaning rod under the barrel. And it's stacking swivel. Thank you for showing me your rifle. I would love to show you mine one day. Thank you and have yourself a good holiday season. And Merry Christmas.
I have both a rifle in its Military setup and also one that was cut down and turned into a "carbine". Both have very smooth actions.
I just found out about this gun today. Yesterday I was out metal detecting and found 3 casings and couldn't find out what they where for, so today I went to a gun shop and they helped me find out.
great job
Wonderful gun!
Great looking krag
I love shooting my great grandfather's sporterized Krag. I plan to get one for myself. Ammunition can be a bit of a challenge but is not impossible to find. It seems Remmington makes it in small batches every year. I try to pick up a box or two when I find it so we don't have to use any more of the shells marked US 30.
I had a Krag for a while. It was chopped to hell, and the ammo was crazy expensive, but it worked and it was interesting.
The sight is a 1902 Ski-Jump ramp style with the slide-up Peep sight was called a Sergeants sight for finer shooting at longer ranged targets. This tells us this one on the Arsenal reworks, there really isn't a Krag that hasn't been reworked do to wear and tear and the highly corrosive nature of the original rifle rounds. My Krag is a 1898 rifle that was re-barreled in 1922 from Springfield surplus using a 1903 Springfield 4-groove 30-06 rifle barrel that has been shortened to 22-inch at the breech, the breech threads recut and rechambered in 30-40 Krag and installed on a Carbine length stock. It is super accurate with 150 grain Barnes-X handloads at 2500 fps making for a great open sight Jeep rifle
I have an 1896 Krag that I inherited from my grandfather. It’s modified with a rear peep sight.
Have the one that my pop paid 2.50 for when he got out of the marines in ‘45. Still shoot it to this day,it had been sporterized and had a pistol grip added to the stock. One of the smoothest bolt actions I have ever used.
I was wondering about the gravity feed -- if I remember right they had a ? scoop type thing on the breach that you can fill with loose ammo . -- Gravity feed . ?
I have a sporterized 1896. Looks good in a walnut Bishop stock.
The magazine cutoff can be up off or down off depending upon the year made, early versus later . You have a 1902 sight, very similar to a 1898 sight ( most were modified) which have 3 notches and the rabbit hole starts. Nice rifle ❤
The 30-40 Jorgensen was in fact the first rifle adapted by the American military that fired more then one round. Everything the military used before that was single shot
Your Rear sight is the Model 1902 Rear sight with the "Sgt's Peep" installed at the rear, that flips up. This sight was designed for a little beefier 30-40 cartridge, but that round was deemed too powerful for the single locking lug action, so production went back to the Model 1898 rear sight, which is similar. UGH!
For more (a LOT more) information I suggestion C&Rsenel's excellent history of the Krag found here: ua-cam.com/video/oQAqNqaiQwY/v-deo.html.
My father just came into possession of a krag... it has some ammo, is there a modern amount for it?
Nice review sir 🙂
I have 2 of those that my Great Grandfather got. I have a 1898 and 1899 in good condition
Would love to have one myself.
It was called 30 army, ive got a lot of orig. Shells so headstamped. I like the m1901 rear sight so much that i use it on 3 40mm cannons w/SKS front sights, 2 are still being built.
Please, I have to rectefy you. The Krag Jørgensen is a Norwegian invention. It is a common misdundetstanding that it is Danish, course the Danes adoptet the Krag Jørgensen as the first country in 1889. The US adoptet the KJ in 1892 and the final and perhaps the best shooting one was adopted by the Norwegians in 1894. Danish KJ chambeted in 8x58R. US KJ chambered in 30-40 Krag. Norwegian KJ chambered in 6,5x55. Other than that minor fault, the video is ok. I am about to post a few videos on YT on the Krag Jørgensen rifle!
i was recently gifted a 1849 krag about like this one except for the sights and i have no clue how to work them i know that you can slide them but i don't know how it effects the aim any tips?
Could you advise as to where I may be able to find the rifle stand you have your Krag resting in?
I have one. The way it was explained to me, and I do it, is you drop a handful,5, in and close the gate. It works fine like that, although still not as efficient as a stripper clip.
how about swiss M96 review
You didn’t mention that the Krag only has one locking lug this they never could increase bullet power and sometimes the lug would shear off for no reason.
Very interesting historic rifle indeed, thanks for the video. I've got the Norwegian made m/1894 model in my collection, original military edition made at Kongsberg in 1911 complete with the bayonet.
I have an 1896 krag. But the magazine cut off lever won't move. Anyone got any ideas?
Norwegian, not Danish.
mallanac the designers were Norwegian but the Danes adopted it several years before Norway. So you and Roy are both sort of right.
Mine has a metal cap in the but of the gun with a compartment in it too small for anything useful.
Any idea what that is for.
Cleaning kit
Metal cap is probably a cover for muzzle or if a bigger cap- yeah, possible cleaning kit (oiler can) cover.
US army did not get the Krag from Denmark, its a Norwegian rifle. it was built by Captain Jørgensen and a gunsmith named Krag at Norway Kongsberg weapons factory.There is also a quick charger for this rifle, ua-cam.com/video/S5ycG87H1b8/v-deo.html
the palmer carbine was adopted before the krag jorgenson making this the second bolt action the U.S adopted.
The original is Norweigan made, not Danish.
Where is the safety located on the Krag?
The safety is on the end of the cocking piece, similar to the location of the safety on the k98k Mauser.
Even though it's a Norwegian designed rifle adopted by first the US Army not Danish. The Krag was also adopted by the Danish Army. I like the condition of your rifle.
Corection. Sir, the Danes adoptrd the Krag first in 1889 then the US in 1892 then the Norwrgians in 1894. Look for my upcomming video series on YT with Krag Jørgensen content...
I think Norway was still part of Denmark at the time.
@@TheMrPeteChannel No, the Union with Denmark ended 1814. From 1814 to 1905, Norway was in a Union with the Swedish King. This is partly why the Norwegian Army Krag uses 6.5X55 like the Swedish Mauser, it was developed in cooperation. Norway was independent from 1905.
Any one know about 1886, 30-40 Craig's??? need to know what it's worth
I thought the krag is a Norwegian made rifle...
Correct. It is a 100% norwegian design. I think the Danes made some early models though...
Norway, Denmark, and America all made them
It is..
It was called 30 Government, and later so was the 30-06, and it is closer to the 308 than the 30-30
All my orig 30-40 shells are stamped 30 army, my orig 06 shells are stamped 30 govt 1906. While I've heard people refer to the krag as govt, Ive never seen shells so marked
I have one. It came from the national guard of GA
My great grandpa used one of those in ww2
You sure it wasn't a 1903?
I've seen photographs of Krags in the hands of Marines in WWI.
I’ve handled a few. Super smooth actions from what I recall.
The 1895 Chilean mauser, and the 1896 Swedish Mauser.
I had a m95 fullwood. Modified the bolt handle and drilled& tapped for scope mounts. Very accurate, handloads 3/4 moa at 100 metres. Pig of a thing to shoot with the straight stock but did the job at 1/5th the price of a sporter.
.30Army was the Cartridge Name 😎😮😊 Lewis Machine Gun Next Please 😊😊😊
Denmark? First sold to Denmark, but it was a Norwegian rifle
Wondering if anyone can help me out. I bought a model 1898 krag carbine. It's serial number is 467968 and i was wondering if anyone could tell me if this gun was used in the spanish-american war, or at least if it was manufactured in time to see combat in the war. I'm having trouble finding information on carbine serials numbers since they were counted separately.
That serial number is for a rifle built in September of 1903, one of the last ones built.
Sir! The Krag-Jørgensen M/1894 is a Norwegian invented rifle, not Danish. Nope, you don’t have place the shells in the magazine «one-by-one» - just drop a handful of shells in the magazine, flip the gate, the ammo will line up straight and chamber nicely.
isn't it Norwegian
30 Army 😀😮😀
What is the web site so I can date my Krag ? It was sporterized by Adolf Neidner
I wanna see a L1A1 SLR
Metric FAL works too
It’s a Norwegian rifle, not Danish.. The Danes made a version of it though.
Actually the full and proper name is the M1892/1896/1898 US Springfield Rifle. Krag-Jorgensen is not part of the nomenclature at all.
STR / DFS Krag Jørgensen ua-cam.com/video/eC4_g6N3aLA/v-deo.html
the actual pronunciation would be more like "Kraw"
No. Just no. It's pronounced like it's spelled according to the international phonetic alphabet, with all hard letters and a long "a" (a as in hard): /Kra:g/
To get it right in English you might spell it something like Kraagh (and use a proper "r", preferably with alevolar thrill or guttural in a pinch, not a voiceless English r). Some danish could pronounce it a little more similar to what you wrote (more like Kraeij), but it's a Norwegian name/person and Danish is a mess.
Danish??
And Winchester and Colt is Canadian….
Norwegian Not Danish!. Made in my home town Kongsberg
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Not true about the strip clip being faster. Take those five rounds, drop them all into the trap door and shut it, not one at a time.
There is a variation of the Krag that has a stripper clip claw that can be used with a standard stripper clip and therefore loaded quicker. Rare though.