Norwegian 1906 Krag question

[NiksaNovovic]

Hello ladies and gents,

I have recently acquired a sporterised 1906 Krag and I am just wondering what weaver bases I should use to mount a scope. The rifle is already drilled and tapped but I have no idea what bases would fit the contouring of the rifle well. I was thinking of getting one of these ww w.weaveroptics.com/rings_bases/bases/top_aluminum_bases/ and would love your input as to which one would work. The reasons I am thinking of going with these is the price point as well as the shear variety, but if anybody has other ideas I am definitely open to them. Thanks in advance!

Niksa

 

[smellie]

Friend, the word "sporterised" has saved you from utterly unmentionable dooms emanating from many of us on this forum! Most here think that any military rifle should be restored to its original condition.

However, this just doesn't seem to be possible for Norski Krags: for one thing, no barrels available anywhere, or so it seems.

But they do make into a wonderful sporting rifle: light, fast-pointing, accurate and the recoil generally doesn't bother folks too much.

The problem is that scoping one can be very difficult...... if you also want to remove the bolt from the rifle so you can clean the thing.

One point is that the receivers of these rifles are very hard on their surfaces. You will want to find bases which match up to the holes you have already, as drilling and tapping fresh ones is expensive and looks just awful..... not even to mention that it could be impossible due to the location of screw-holes already there.

I don't know if anybody on this forum has scoped a Norski Krag or not (I have one, but it isn't scoped), but I am certain that it has been done. The Americans also used Krags (in .30-40US) and a lot of theirs have been scoped, so you might want to check in the Gunsmithing forum, see if anybody there has done it either to an American or to a Norwegian rifle.

When I worked in a shop, we sometimes scoped strange rifles for which the books had no data. We would fit the bases to the receiver contour and then align them with a steel straight-edge and a level in order to match up the heights: strange, but it worked.

Good luck on your job. When it's done, come on back here and show us what it looks like.

Hope this helps.
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