Talk:Krag-Jørgensen

I love these guns. They could have been great but they just came out in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are accurate, smooth, and very pleasant (recoil wise). All the ones I own are sporterized (who ever decided to chop off half the wood on classic military arms to make them useful for sports should be shot.) The value is taken down FAR more when people do this. I have a '92 and a 98'. -GM

The Krag you posted as a Danish Krag is a US Model, the Danish 1889 looks VERY different - it has a steel tube around the barrel, no handguard, and the loading gate pivots to the front instead of the side. Looks like thats a Model 1898 with the 1901-type sight. - Nyles

Help me out here and post a picture of a real Danish Krag. I photographed THAT gun from a rack of Krags and that was on the tag, so it may have been misidentified. It was chambered in the original Danish Caliber, so what do you think it is? Thanks for your expertise in this matter. I am no expert on Krags so I just write what is on the paperwork (but I admit that some of these 'collections' have their guns misidentified. Thanks again. ) MoviePropMaster2008 00:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

BTW I changed the description back to what was on the gun's TAG until verified. But I welcome corrections with backup to all pages on the site :) MoviePropMaster2008 00:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

There you go, Danish Krag. If you really doubted me, seriously, 2 minutes on google. - Nyles

Yes, you google king. But that gun was a Danish Krag. I inspected it and it was chambered in the NON original caliber. So your change is still wrong. Answer that. MoviePropMaster2008 19:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

It can't possibly be a Danish Krag. It might be a rechambered US Krag (though why someone would do this is beyond me), but a Dane has a forward hinged loading gate, a barrel shroud, a different bolt and completely different furniture. The rifle has the US / Norwegian action, not Danish, and all teh fittings are distincly American. Read any book dealing with military rifles (or better yet, one about Krags), and you'll see that there is no way in hell it's a Dane. I suggest Collecting Classic Military Bolt-Action Rifles by Paul Scarlata, the man knows his Krags. Or better yet, just look at the left receiver wall. I'm willing to bet my combat pay that it'll say US Model 1898 Springfield Armory. If the tag says its a Dane, that tag is wrong.