US 1898 Krag-Jorgensen .30-40 Krag Rifle made by Springfield Armory - Surplus Good Condition - C & R Eligible

The Krag-JA~rgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed in Norway and adopted by the US Army as their standard-issue small arm in 1894 after military trials to find a replacement for the 1873 \"Trapdoor\" Springfield. A primary reason for the selection of the Krag seems to have been its magazine design, which could be topped off without opening the bolt. Ordnance officials believed the Krag\'s magazine cutoff and lower reloading speed to be an advantage, which conserved ammunition on the b