CMP Krag-Jorgensens?

[KellyinAvon]

The "new" M1898s were from, 1902?? Waiting for them to find some trap-door Springfields.

Effective June 26, 2024, customers are allowed to purchase up to six (6) bolt action rifles per year while supplies last. Current inventory of M1903 and M1917 rifles by grade is listed below. CMP also plans to release up to 1,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles beginning in mid to late July. These have not been worked so a grade break-out is currently unavailable. Given the six (6) bolt rifle per customer per year limit, please plan accordingly.

 

[BigMoose]

The "new" M1898s were from, 1902?? Waiting for them to find some trap-door Springfields.

Effective June 26, 2024, customers are allowed to purchase up to six (6) bolt action rifles per year while supplies last. Current inventory of M1903 and M1917 rifles by grade is listed below. CMP also plans to release up to 1,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles beginning in mid to late July. These have not been worked so a grade break-out is currently unavailable. Given the six (6) bolt rifle per customer per year limit, please plan accordingly.

A small amount get turned in each year, mostly from veteran's organizations that have had them for years. CMP hordes them up and then releases them like this.

They may not go quick. Ammo is just barely not unobtainium. Its 50 bucks for 20 when you see it.
The ammo makers still make it, but make only extremely limited runs, and usually once per year just before deer season. Not much reason to set the equipment up anymore.

 

[Brad69]

Where were 1,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles for over 100 years ? I bet some National Guard unit had them. “We don’t need them new fangled rifles with stripper clips”

@KellyinAvon is right I have dibs on a muzzle loader.

 

[Creedmoor]

A small amount get turned in each year, mostly from veteran's organizations that have had them for years. CMP hordes them up and then releases them like this.

They may not go quick. Ammo is just barely not unobtainium. Its 50 bucks for 20 when you see it.
The ammo makers still make it, but make only extremely limited runs, and usually once per year just before deer season. Not much reason to set the equipment up anymore.

I load it already for a Browning 1895, we have plenty of brass.
We will be in for one or two of them.

 

[BigMoose]

Where were 1,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles for over 100 years ? I bet some National Guard unit had them. “We don’t need them new fangled rifles with stripper clips”

@KellyinAvon is right I have dibs on a muzzle loader.

Occasionally some weird thing comes back from a closed base museum...

 

[Leadeye]

Maybe that will get Starline making some brass, as was mentioned upstream ammo isn't easy to find.

 

[steif]

I still see some krags in the American Legions around, so these probably are parade rifles at one time. IF they were parade rifles, the bores might be rusted out from the old blanks they used back then. I still run onto lots of boxes of krag blanks even after this many years. Most of the blanks i have are loaded with black powder and corrosive priming of course. combine those things with many people not worrying about cleaning too much gives you a great looking bore...lol. (insert sarcasm there)
of course some may have escaped this fate and have good bores, who knows.

 

[KellyinAvon]

The "new" M1898s were from, 1902??

The last Krags were produced in 1904. I was looking for somebody to correct the record. Don't worry, I got it

 

[Warrior1354]

I always had a soft spot for my beloved krags. These could be well worth the effort to check out guys. Especially, if you could find one with a serial number hit. Many were used by the Navy as well. Never know could be some carbines in there. As well as some early 1892 to 1896 conversion models.

 

[55fairlane]

Hhhhhmmmmmmm might have to call one of the CMP armors I know, see if I can get some inside information

 

[Mongo59]

The '03 and 1917's are $1000 or more each...

How many you want?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Maybe that will get Starline making some brass, as was mentioned upstream ammo isn't easy to find.

It's easy to make if you have a source of .303 Brit brass.

 

[Creedmoor]

The '03 and 1917's are $1000 or more each...

How many you want?

A really nice O3A3 will cost you two to three times that now.

 

[Mongo59]

They only have "ok" ones, others: "not so much"...

 

[Leadeye]

It's easy to make if you have a source of .303 Brit brass.

I'll have to try that, I've got some brass that's been cycled through the 1895s several times. It expect it's getting to the end of it's life.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'll have to try that, I've got some brass that's been cycled through the 1895s several times. It expect it's getting to the end of it's life.

Really nothing to it. Basically just run the .303 brass through the full length 30-40 sizing die. I think I may have annealed it first. One caveat though. Make sure to keep your loaded ammo separate from any 303 ammo since the headstamps will say 303.

 

[Leadeye]

Really nothing to it. Basically just run the .303 brass through the full length 30-40 sizing die. I think I may have annealed it first. One caveat though. Make sure to keep your loaded ammo separate from any 303 ammo since the headstamps will say 303.

Easy for me, I have nothing chambered in 303.

 

[55fairlane]

A really nice O3A3 will cost you two to three times that now.

2 weeks ago the CMP south store had 03's from $700 to $1200

 

[Creedmoor]

2 weeks ago the CMP south store had 03's from $700 to $1200

I'm talking the one up in the upper 96% to 99.5% rifles. The ones that start around $2,200 and up.

 

[Creedmoor]

Easy for me, I have nothing chambered in 303.

That's funny, neither do I, but for some reason I have a few hundred emptys.