Norwegian Krag Jorgensen 6.5x55?!?

oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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Norwegian Krag Jorgensen 6.5x55 - So... whatcha know?!?

Horse trading for this one tomo. Been sporterized, but not Bubba'd. Looks like original stock cut down to sporter config, rear leaf removed, d&t'd on right side of action and Williams Krag peep sight installed. Recvr date is 1916. Guessing it is a M1912/16 carbine"short rifle". In 6.5x55, so reloading etc is a no brainer for me. Will be the 4th Swede caliber in my safe (Win FW/Custom FN 98/ custom Swede 96/Krag).

I never got into cast for the Mauser Swedes - everything I read said they were than a cantankerous woman! But no recall of anything cast in a Krag 6.5. And not sure I care. As it is, rifle with peeps, prob just load jackets in 140-160 and punch paper and thump anything in my woods with four legs out to 125ish yds (long short normally).
 
Ian

Ian

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Swedish Mauser!

Or, From Sweden with Unrequited Love if you prefer, as their disdain for cast bullets is legendary in some circles. I had made my peace with Karlina, coaxing her grudgingly up to a bit over 2,200 fps with a heavily modified Lyman 266469 and some specially-prepared brass formed from LC-68...
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Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
One of the rifles I heard a lot about growing up, the 6.5 Krag. The action is a bit different than the US Krag. Same pressure cautions apply. The ones I've played with, a grand total of 2!, were wonderfully smooth, as most Krags are. There are some really nice and very expensive and hard to get target sights out there for them. With a good barrel they are reputed to be excellent jacketed shooters. Cast? That I don't know about. I don't know if Frank DeHass did any examinations of the rifle, or if anyone else did either, but I'd research that a bit for further info. I have a very misty memory of some odd characteristics of the barrel but I could be 100% wrong or confused on that. The various 6.5's do kind of get jumbled up and mixed in the old "remember-er"!
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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My old Norwegian Krag was rebuilt to a target rifle at the Kongsberg factory. It has a fat target barrel, and target peeps. These rifles are ubiquitous here in Norway, people are practically giving them away. I've only shot it a little, with cast- and not enough to really post any conclusions.
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Snakeoil

Snakeoil

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Spindrift said:
My old Norwegian Krag was rebuilt to a target rifle at the Kongsberg factory. It has a fat target barrel, and target peeps. These rifles are ubiquitous here in Norway, people are practically giving them away. I've only shot it a little, with cast- and not enough to really post any conclusions.
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Yumpin' yiminy! I guess that I never realized that you were in Norway.

That's a damn nice rifle to be "practically giving them away". Could you maybe put a dozen or so in a box and send them to me here in the US. I'll put a nice fresh $5.00 bill or maybe even two if we have a deal. ;)
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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In Norway, like most Europan countries, there are limits to how many guns you can legally own. We actually have rather permissive laws, compared to many other countries on this side of the pond.

But this does something to the used guns market. Whenever you buy a gun, it means there is some other gun you can’t buy, because you’re one licence shorter. Our market here, is more or less flooded with peep-sighted target rifles built on the Krag-Jorgensen, or Mauser 98 action. Mostly 6,5x55, some Mausers in .308 win and the rare bird in .30-06. These have become sort of obsolete in our most common shooting sport, as most now use a rifle based on the Sauer SSG3000 reciever.
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Spindrift said:
In Norway, like most Europan countries, there are limits to how many guns you can legally own. We actually have rather permissive laws, compared to many other countries on this side of the pond.

But this does something to the used guns market. Whenever you buy a gun, it means there is some other gun you can’t buy, because you’re one licence shorter. Our market here, is more or less flooded with peep-sighted target rifles built on the Krag-Jorgensen, or Mauser 98 action. Mostly 6,5x55, some Mausers in .308 win and the rare bird in .30-06. These have become sort of obsolete in our most common shooting sport, as most now use a rifle based on the Sauer SSG3000 reciever.
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Too bad they are not made on commercial actions, as we can import them. Have done some from Australia and New Zealand.
 
F

Foo

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Spindrift said:
In Norway, like most Europan countries, there are limits to how many guns you can legally own. We actually have rather permissive laws, compared to many other countries on this side of the pond.

But this does something to the used guns market. Whenever you buy a gun, it means there is some other gun you can’t buy, because you’re one licence shorter. Our market here, is more or less flooded with peep-sighted target rifles built on the Krag-Jorgensen, or Mauser 98 action. Mostly 6,5x55, some Mausers in .308 win and the rare bird in .30-06. These have become sort of obsolete in our most common shooting sport, as most now use a rifle based on the Sauer SSG3000 reciever.
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How many can you own there?
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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In Norway, a hunter can own eight guns (no handguns). In addition, you can get licences for all kinds of guns (except fully automatic) by documenting membership in a relevant shooting club. Some kinds of guns (like MSRs) also require that you document actual participation in shooting competitons.
There is no limit to the number of barrels you can own, and this is the reason for the interest in switch-barrel rifles in Europe (they seem less common in the US).
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
RicinYakima said:
Too bad they are not made on commercial actions, as we can import them. Have done some from Australia and New Zealand.
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Yeah, because dangerous extremists across the USA salivate at the thought of having a pre-1900 target rifle.... :headscratch:
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Bret4207 said:
Yeah, because dangerous extremists across the USA salivate at the thought of having a pre-1900 target rifle.... :headscratch:
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No, they can be imported but you have to go through a Federally licensed importer.

I imported six Martini Cadets from Australia directly to my house. Process took about four months because the clerk I got at BATF knew they were guns made for school kids and not the military. My friend Joe got a clerk that knew his were military rifles because they had stamping on the side of what territory they were issued to. He had to go through an importer in Montana and took almost a year for him to get is rifles. And they had to go through a local dealer since they had been imported through Montana.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
We've managed to get it down all but 3 40+ at work . Only 1 under 30 .
I'm not allowed to leave post it stickies that say "work ethos people" anymore , I guess it hurt someones sensitive little feelers. I don't suppose if they weren't whinny little snowflakes and had good work ethos it would have bothered them .
 
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