This past weekend I spent time with my Dad (80 yrs old) talking about guns and hunting. He started me early back on the farm plinking ground hogs and garter snakes from about 6-7 years old with a 1945 Savage 6A .22lr semi-auto. (Still have the gun in working order)
Anyways he passed along his hunting rifles, shotguns to me this past weekend and he also gave me a 1908 Krag which is a Norwegian carbine built at the Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk (Arms Factory) in Norway in 1908. Its serial number 11720, would indicate that it was built as a Model 1907 Carbine for Field Artillery. However at first I thought it had been sporterized but someone sent me additional information which suggests that the wood on my Norwegian Krag appears to be the stock for a Model 1897 Carbine for Mountain Artillery and Royal Engineers. It does not appear to be cut down or shortened. Although, my rifle's serial number indicates it should be a full length stock M-1907 Carbine (of 1908 manufacture), both 1897 & 1907 carbine models have the same length barrel. Maybe the references are incorrect and it was issued with the M-1897 carbine stock.
Anyways here are some pics of this interesting rifle chambered for 6.5 x 55 mm.
Here are 3 full sized photos of gun
Here is a pic of top of receiver with the serial number - all are matching:
Here is the reference based on the serial number of what the gun should look like:
Here is the end of the stock and you can see it does not go to the end of the barrel:
here are a few other reference pics - the stock of the Model 1897 Carbine for Mountain Artillery and Royal Engineers:
Another interesting oddity regarding this rifle is the sling ring configuration attached to the trigger guard. I have found references for a sling ring attached to the front of the trigger guard as in this pic:
but with my Krag from 1908 the sling ring is in a really odd spot:
Anyways - I'm glad I now own this gun - i spent some time cleaning it up as it hadn't seen the light of day in probably 40 years. I shot some rnds and was impressed with the grouping. i need to do some work on the stock cleaning it up as there is some flaking (any advise here would be appreciated - should i stripe it all down or what?) and spend sometime removing a little rust - nothing bad as you can see in the pic with the stamps. The bore is black but the rifling is still strong.
If anyone knows about these types of guns i would be interested in getting an approximate value. Not interested in selling but would like to know what it is worth.
Thanks,
Dave
Anyways he passed along his hunting rifles, shotguns to me this past weekend and he also gave me a 1908 Krag which is a Norwegian carbine built at the Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk (Arms Factory) in Norway in 1908. Its serial number 11720, would indicate that it was built as a Model 1907 Carbine for Field Artillery. However at first I thought it had been sporterized but someone sent me additional information which suggests that the wood on my Norwegian Krag appears to be the stock for a Model 1897 Carbine for Mountain Artillery and Royal Engineers. It does not appear to be cut down or shortened. Although, my rifle's serial number indicates it should be a full length stock M-1907 Carbine (of 1908 manufacture), both 1897 & 1907 carbine models have the same length barrel. Maybe the references are incorrect and it was issued with the M-1897 carbine stock.
Anyways here are some pics of this interesting rifle chambered for 6.5 x 55 mm.
Here are 3 full sized photos of gun
Here is a pic of top of receiver with the serial number - all are matching:
Here is the reference based on the serial number of what the gun should look like:
Here is the end of the stock and you can see it does not go to the end of the barrel:
here are a few other reference pics - the stock of the Model 1897 Carbine for Mountain Artillery and Royal Engineers:
Another interesting oddity regarding this rifle is the sling ring configuration attached to the trigger guard. I have found references for a sling ring attached to the front of the trigger guard as in this pic:
but with my Krag from 1908 the sling ring is in a really odd spot:
Anyways - I'm glad I now own this gun - i spent some time cleaning it up as it hadn't seen the light of day in probably 40 years. I shot some rnds and was impressed with the grouping. i need to do some work on the stock cleaning it up as there is some flaking (any advise here would be appreciated - should i stripe it all down or what?) and spend sometime removing a little rust - nothing bad as you can see in the pic with the stamps. The bore is black but the rifling is still strong.
If anyone knows about these types of guns i would be interested in getting an approximate value. Not interested in selling but would like to know what it is worth.
Thanks,
Dave
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