An Unlikely Sedgley Krag
A look at, and a few shots through, a particularly humble example of the work of one of the 20th Century's preeminent custom riflemakers.
A look at, and a few shots through, a particularly humble example of the work of one of the 20th Century's preeminent custom riflemakers.
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Great video. I own a Springfield Sedgley, bought it in a pawn shop in Anchorage, Alaska about 40 years ago.
The rear sight on your rifle is the 1902 variant. The 1901 was a vernier type ladder sight with the windage adjustment lock at the front.
Absolutely LOVE the 98 Krag Jorgensen. HAD a pretty nice cavalry carbine😭. Oh well. Love that mechanism.. the magazine system is fascinating.
Hell yeah I would love to see it on the bench.. with a close up of loading the cool magazine.
My bet is it is a rifle rebarreled with a Springfield barrel because the barrels were shot out. These were then made available to NRA clubs and members as surplus.
Benecia Arsenal is what you were thinking about. I have one of those carbines - identical to the originally built carbines from Springfield Armory, but detectable by serial number and model number. Mine and most of those attributed to Benecia (which is still an Army weapons center) were 1898s. It is a classically smooth and beautifully made rifle. Feeds flawlessly with 200 gr round nose bullets, and nearly flawlessly with the 180 gr spitzer that is (was) commercially available from Remington - the first round in a fully loaded magazine can tend a bit to dip and snag the feed ramp. Anyway, mild recoil, a solid performer on any North American game - what's not to love? More info on your rifle, and a shooting demo for accuracy would be of great interest.
You most certainly did not pay too much for that rifle ! I'm sure if you had to buy a rifle of that quality these days you would have to throw a grand for it easily . These rifles have the smoothest bolt action of all and they make an excellent hunting rifle . I've heard people say they are clumsy to load but having hunted with one for thirty plus years I can say they are not . Maybe in the heat of battle but not in a hunting situation. So even the sporterized Krags are in my opinion well worth $250 and more , I would think nothing of dropping $400 on one in decent shape !
On the subject of Krag , are you familiar with the Savage models 325 and 340? A late 40s sporting bolt action with a similar bolt to a Krag , but with a removable magazine and in 30-30. Rumor was that they used surplus .30 cal machine gun barrels. I have a 340 and had a 325. Pretty neat little carbines.
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