Re-barreling a Norwegian Krag Ideas?

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I have a Norwegian Krag coming to me in the mail with a less than perfect bore and I've been proactively looking for options to create a better shooting rifle. Tradex currently has some Swedish M94 carbine barrels in stock and I'm wondering how difficult it would be to fit one of those to the Krag receiver. I understand that the threads are different and creating a sleeve might be required...

Any input or ideas would be great!
 
I doubt if there is enough meat on the carbine barrel to cut off the old threads and cut new ones to fit your Krag ( the Krag has a bigger shank) and sleeving a rifle for a modern smokeless cartridge doesn't seem to be a good idea. You might find a barrel on the EE that could be threaded and chambered for the Krag but costs may exceed the worth of the rifle.
 
i have of of these too with a bad barrel .
off the top of my head they have a left hand thread on the shank and i thought there was something else goofy with the thread .

again off the top of my head , you can get a inexpensive barrel blank from green mountain barrel through bits and pieces .
 
From personal experience, a 7X57 works perfectly in the Norwegian Krag. Bill Leeper did the work using a Ruger takeoff barrel.

It feeds five from the magazine, fires, extracts, and ejects perfectly.
Ted
 
burnt_servo said:
i have of of these too with a bad barrel .
off the top of my head they have a left hand thread on the shank and i thought there was something else goofy with the thread .

again off the top of my head , you can get a inexpensive barrel blank from green mountain barrel through bits and pieces .
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I just looked into it and it seems that the bore diameter of the Green Mountain blanks is looser then what the Swedish armorers would have tolerated... I'm toying with the idea of cutting my existing barrel off at the receiver and having the nub threaded on the inside to match the barrel. I think it'll be tight but may work!
 
BlackPowderBurner said:
I just looked into it and it seems that the bore diameter of the Green Mountain blanks is looser then what the Swedish armorers would have tolerated... I'm toying with the idea of cutting my existing barrel off at the receiver and having the nub threaded on the inside to match the barrel. I think it'll be tight but may work!
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i was just on their site looking at their measurements . depending on which barrel your looking at the bore / groove diameters seem to run from .257 /.266 to .256 /.264 .

considering the action i would be really tempted to run the looser barrel as it would help keep pressures lower .
 
It has a 12 tpi square form left hand twist. They aren't difficult to rebarrel as long as the smith is OK with cutting those threads. The M94 barrels from Tradex are nice barrels and I've installed several of them on M96 and M38 rifles with severely worn bores. Short chambered but very close. I have only had to set back the shoulder on one to get it tighten up properly. Great price on good barrels. They wouldn't be worth sleeving to fit though. Bits of Pieces has Green Mountain barrel blanks that they will either sell you or fit to your rifle, for a fee of course.

BPB I just noticed your post. I have two GM barrels in my bin right now and they both measure dead on spec. You may have received a bad one. Return it. Barry is good with that sort of thing. Every GM barrel I have bought are so close to spec that you could set a micrometer with them.
 
bearhunter said:
It has a 12 tpi square form left hand twist. They aren't difficult to rebarrel as long as the smith is OK with cutting those threads. The M94 barrels from Tradex are nice barrels and I've installed several of them on M96 and M38 rifles with severely worn bores. Short chambered but very close. I have only had to set back the shoulder on one to get it tighten up properly. Great price on good barrels. They wouldn't be worth sleeving to fit though. Bits of Pieces has Green Mountain barrel blanks that they will either sell you or fit to your rifle, for a fee of course.

BPB I just noticed your post. I have two GM barrels in my bin right now and they both measure dead on spec. You may have received a bad one. Return it. Barry is good with that sort of thing. Every GM barrel I have bought are so close to spec that you could set a micrometer with them.
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Thanks for the info! I should clarify my post, I have not purchased a GM barrel but was commenting on the varying bore diameters available. I was wondering if those M94 barrels fit the action without needing any work or if they are too small and require a sleeve to fit the receiver. In my research it seems they are too small. I'll do some looking into the tighter bore GM barrels as getting a blank might be the way to go on this one!
 
BlackPowderBurner said:
Thanks for the info! I should clarify my post, I have not purchased a GM barrel but was commenting on the varying bore diameters available. I was wondering if those M94 barrels fit the action without needing any work or if they are too small and require a sleeve to fit the receiver. In my research it seems they are too small. I'll do some looking into the tighter bore GM barrels as getting a blank might be the way to go on this one!
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GM barrels are relatively inexpensive. You are rebarreling that Krag as a sporter. Order the contour you want. Go onto the site through bitsofpieces.com and look at the price. It isn't worth contouring your own barrel from a blank. I made that same mistake with a 280 build by ordering an unturned blank.
 
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