This Model 1898 Krag-Jorgensen bolt action repeating rifle is a fine, classic Krag rifle. Underside of stock at rear of triggerguard has a government proof mark “P” within a circle. Stock wrist area has one government inspector cartouche stamped with “J L A / 1899”. Plate has a circular, trap-door set in the buttplate which contains no cleaning rod tools. Straight buttplate has a rounded contour at the toe. Receiver wears a mottled light gray patina with some light pitting and oxidation. Rifle was factory blued but has lost all of its original colors. A second sling swivel is at the underside of stock butt.
Middle band has a sling swivel while the top band (upper) has a single stacking swivel as well as a bayo lug on the underside. Barrel secured to stock via two barrel bands. Retains its wooden top hand guard that extends over the receiver to the middle band. Barrel is set in an oil-finished, black walnut stock in very good condition. The rear sight on this piece is one of the many variations of long range sights. All models have blade front sights set in a high stud ¼” from the muzzle. All models also have a cut-off which allowed for firing either single-shot or magazine fed.
Note: serial numbers under 152670 are considered ‘antique’ for FFL purposes. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 212663” which are sharp and clear. Receiver has a two-line markings on left side that reads “U. Seat of the bolt handle is flush with breech. Fitted with a 30” long round barrel, the bolt-action rifle operated with a magazine that held five rounds and was loaded from the right side thru a large, hinged loading gate. Total quantity of the M1898 Krag rifles number 330,000, the largest amount of the various models made. From 1894 to 1904, the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Mass. It took a 30.40 caliber, center-fire round, also referred to as the. Adopted by the US government after stiff competition with many designers, the US Army, between 1892 through 1899, replaced their old ‘trapdoor’ single shot longarms with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle. The two-day preview prior to the sale is a must for any serious collector.The M1898 Krag-Jorgensen rifle, often called the ‘Krag’ rifle, was one of many models of this first, small caliber, bolt-action magazine, smokeless powder rifle. Items of cultural significance that are not in the sale are designated for, or already transferred to, the Oklahoma State Museum.ĭavis was also a button, badge, medal and pinback collector, and there are more than a thousand items in this category, mostly in like-kind groups. In addition, there is a large section of Americana, featuring Native American stone and pottery items, primarily from Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley.
The sale hosts more than 2200, antique to modern (probably none more recent than 1965) firearms, swords, crossbows and knives. Larry Wilson, a prolific firearms writer and author of approximately 60 books on antique firearms, who as a young man and budding firearms scholar, worked for Colt about the time this part of the collection went into storage. As an example, none of these weapons were known to R. Nearly all of the items have been stored away, out of public view, since at least 1965 (54 years!), long before the modern era when most of the well-written and researched reference and table-top books on antique firearms were published. None of the items in this sale are out of the current museum exhibit displays. Proceeds of this sale directly benefit the long-term care and maintenance of the Collection. The museum is a must-see for any weapons collector, displaying an incredible amount and variety of weaponry and famous felon, outlaw, and law enforcement personality items from history. It is the largest firearms Museum in North America. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore, which is today managed by the State of Oklahoma. To preserve his collection in perpetuity, he created the 40,000-square-foot J.M. From the age of seven in 1901 until 1965, he was an inveterate collector of all firearms, as well as artifacts reflecting history in Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley region.
Davis ran the Mason Hotel in Claremore, Oklahoma, for his entire career, from 1917 onward. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction