Krag Crap by Bill Mook

[Fred]

Roger that! Wilco.

[lyman]

if more copies are available, please include me,
thanks

[rayg]

Same here, Ray

[Kragrifle]

Been on the list for awhile. Anyway I can help things along?

[coastie]

Fred and 5madf,
please let me know when you have the preparation done.

My Krag trading story: Fellow next to me told me he had traded for a Krag from a gun show visitor.
The gentleman gave him a good deal. And he commented on the condition of the rifle.
The visitor said he already had his money from the rifle.....when cleaning the cosmoline
from the Krag he swabbed the butt trap.....and found a $5 dollar gold piece!
My now good friend had me.....I checked the butt trap of my military rifles.
The fellow at the table next to me asked. I told the other fellow's story.
He began checking his table's military butt traps.
The fellow next to him......
Went through the whole show like that.

[ww321q]

That's what I was thinking coastie. I'm new and wasn't going to ask. You mean not all Krags have a coin in the butstock? LOL !

[kragluver]

There is a story in Col Shockley's book The Krag Jorgenson in the Service about troops hiding the palace jewels in the butt traps of their rifles following the storming of the palace in the Forbidden City during the Boxer Rebellion. I always check the traps on all my milsurp rifles. No treasures yet

[Dick Hosmer]

I'd take most of the late Colonel's ramblings with several grains of salt. Probably the poster boy for the "Uncle Charlie" story genre, popular until the 1980s when the better books - actually correctly identifying the various models of Krag (and trapdoor) began to appear. He certainly makes fun reading for 'local color' but don't base any purchase decisions on his book(s).

[kragluver]

Agree with that. His is the only book I've run across that goes much into how the Krag performed in the field - including the PI and Boxer Rebellion. It is certainly not a Krag collectors book!

Pardon my ignorance - what was the Uncle Charlie story? I'm still under 50 yah know

[Kragrifle]

" Well, my Uncle Charlie says that.............."