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I know it's not OT but I couldn't resist. So here's a puzzler.
I've got an 1892 Krag. It's probably a un-sportered rebuild. But it looks pretty and all the parts are at least correct for a 1892 that got 1896 sights, minus the bolt body which I think is later. However, the stock is (I think) a commercial one. There's no proof or inspections stamps, just a tiny "39" just behind the trigger guard. What is peculiar is that the butt has been spliced to un-curve the toe, for a flatter butt plate, like the original 1892s were. But I don't think it's an actual 1892 plate. While the end of the stock is drilled for the oiler and cleaning rods, it doesn't have the typical trap door. Instead it has this pivoting door unlike any I've seen. I don't have an oiler but this doesn't look big enough to be used how it's intended. In spite of a soaking with kroil, the thing doesn't move unless I tap it with a punch, but it does open/close. No such butt plate is in Poyer's American Krag Rifle and Carbine. So - anybody know what this is originally from?
I've got an 1892 Krag. It's probably a un-sportered rebuild. But it looks pretty and all the parts are at least correct for a 1892 that got 1896 sights, minus the bolt body which I think is later. However, the stock is (I think) a commercial one. There's no proof or inspections stamps, just a tiny "39" just behind the trigger guard. What is peculiar is that the butt has been spliced to un-curve the toe, for a flatter butt plate, like the original 1892s were. But I don't think it's an actual 1892 plate. While the end of the stock is drilled for the oiler and cleaning rods, it doesn't have the typical trap door. Instead it has this pivoting door unlike any I've seen. I don't have an oiler but this doesn't look big enough to be used how it's intended. In spite of a soaking with kroil, the thing doesn't move unless I tap it with a punch, but it does open/close. No such butt plate is in Poyer's American Krag Rifle and Carbine. So - anybody know what this is originally from?
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