1898 Krag-Jørgensen Rifle

[Zythius]

That one was in very good shape. And is this the short-krag? I have a longer one, but perhaps it is much older.

[MrSpy3000]

do you know why the US amry used it? becouse its made by vikings!

[GeneralChurch]

where can i get ammo for this? I found a mint condition one in my grandfathers chest along with WWI and WWII memorabilia.

[Fireworks7760]

@GeneralChurch You can probably get the ammo at a sports store or wherever they sell ammo, or you could just load it yourself

[aleks8430]

Krag-Jorgensen is actually Norwegian, but in the American-Philippine War American ones, they bought the rights to the rifle

[NumberedBoom]

this rifle is originaly Norwegian.

[MrOlekul]

did you know you dont need to pull the bold back hwen putting bullets in it?

[GunWebsites]

@MrOlekul

you can just use the X button..

[MrOlekul]

@GunWebsites yeah!

[mgibbs88]

@GunWebsites I think he's right. I read that part of the reason this odd magazine was chosen over more conventional ones that can be fed with a 5 round stripper clip is because the mag could be topped off without needing to move the bolt. Also The army saw the requirement of needing to load each round one by one to be a benefit at the time, less waste of ammo. 

[TaZ101SAGA]

@MrOlekul Christ, go and play call of duty, moron.

[MrOlekul]

@TaZ101SAGA and hwy? the krag was designed to speed loading.

[tomsta117]

@MrOlekul The lifting and pulling back of the bolt exposes the breech and ejects the spent casing. When the bolt comes back it pushes the next round into the chamber, setting the rifle to battery, the pulling back of the bolt is essential when inserting a new mag.

[automatkas]

@tomsta117 I think it was more of a statement he made, as a little fun fact. like mgibbs said below.

[SuperRip7]

If it wasn't for out military prowess, we'd get out butts kicked by the Spaniards.

[MrRanger654]

krag is no longer used in the Norwegian military, not even in all the parades.

[SonOfAWhisker]

Wow there is not a lot of recoil

[Ruben1994OL]

In Norway you can get an original Krag Jørgensen rifle 6,5x55 very cheap.. Don't know why ;)

[Mythteller]

One of Norwegian You tube videos, it showed a speed-loader clip that US military could used in the 1898 Spanish-American War to compensate a lack of a stripper clip loading system.

[TheRedGrant]

How is 'bolt feel'?

[MarcfromTreasureNet1]

I was shot by one of those rifles in the war

[icecreaman805]

Did the bolt action back then not have shell eject or what?

[HMKGman1]

@icecreaman805 It has, he just was to gentle with the bolt. ;)

[chitoryu12]

First saw this rifle in Red Dead Redemption. If it wasn't for the price of the gun and ammo, I'd get myself one.

[Fireworks7760]

@chitoryu12 Get the 6,5x55 Swedish model instead then

[FUSELFTWICE]

Thats an INternal magazine, not an EXternal.

[BigSquareGrouper]

The gun in the video is sporterized. Anyone wanting a fun shooting rifle with the smoothest action in the world should look in to a sporterized Krag. Original Krags are scarce and command a premium. When the military dropped the Krag they sold them off for really cheap. People decided to modify them to suit their needs and there are very few original Krags left, thus the $1000+ price tag.

[MrMetallicanico]

Best Norwegian rifle.

[VALsacount2]

@MrMetallicanico Besides the Kammerlader, but those two aren't really comparable.

[Shadowcretin]

The weapon was good in its day, but it is clumsy to use compared to modern Bolt actions.

[gardnergrendal]

i have a sporterized 1898. after seeing an all original 1898 Springfield at a local gun shop i can't imagine why anyone would rape such a nice looking gun.

[AR15fan]

Why exactly was this rifle considered inferior to the Mauser 98?

[GirlsGamesGunsGuitar]

@AR15fan Slower and more difficult to reload. Easy to fumble single rounds in a panic situation.

[Dirtbiker400]

@GirlsGamesGunsGuitar That is what the trap door was for. Soldiers were told to load single rounds with the magazine lock-out while at long distance. Then they could open the mag lock-out and had five rounds to shoot "rapidly" when at close distance, or in said "panic situations."

[LineDoggie]

Jesus, firing in a tornado?

[friguy400]

Butifull gun i use it all the time

[MattTheSaiyan]

When I'm older I'd love to own a gun like that.

[Halo55691]

the bolt throw is better than the 1903 Springfield but slower to reload by hand

[banaagemm]

used to turn samar into a howlin wilderness.

[labbetussemann]

i am 14 and have a krag love it. It looks like you gott a civilian krag how is later "sportisist" you can teel bay the way that it is cutt away the wood over the barrel

[TheGunguy1]

cals avabial for this gun are???

[sirjohan8]

@TheGunguy1 6.55 is the original round

[UGLEIV]

@sirjohan8

Actually the 8mm Rimmed Danish round was the original chambering, but the rifle was improved upon and adopted by the U.S. Army. And only then did the Norwegian Armed forces adopt the rifle in 6.5x55Krag(The only round that Krag himself designed) The biggest drawback on this rifle is the stupid rimmed 30-40Krag round, that makes it hard to load in a hurry.

[UGLEIV]

@UGLEIV

Ran out of space, sorry.

Both the german and Norwegian army found the design to be functional during WW2. As the Norwegian 9. of April comission found: The rifle proved to be neither an advantage nor a disadvantage in combat with German troops. The german army however complained that the action was not strong enough for their 7.98 Mauser round, and was subsequently issued with downloaded ammo.

In competiotion shooting it have always been able to outshoot the 98K. Nice gun!

[XplosiveProductZ]

wind but nice grak

[Jaket2000]

Krags are nice but not very good as proved in the video.

[racer2322]

is that the original? i think that the stock was a bit short on the barrel

[hemitime03]

Nice firearm but is it accurate? In the words of Jeff Cooper only accurate rifles are interesting.

[NGP58]

Look's nice. Who sporterised it?

[Jorgen87]

remember its not a U.S rifle. Its Norwegian.

[ManvsMachine7]

@Jorgen87 Yeah but it's a US version.

[neitilinvandring]

Have you read German reports from Norway during the Norwegian campign in 1940?

[gorozon]

i read a few about american-Spanish war for Cuba and (no offense pliz) ,the American generals of that war don give to me an good impression as tatics -But about Jorgensen Rifle and his not good run in War for Cuba.. If i read well , American Army leave Jorgensen after few years by Cuba ,, for the Springfiled 1903/1905 That was for a big part an Copy of the Mauser

[gorozon]

Not offense  but if i rember well the Krag Jorgensen dont run good against the Spanish Mauser in the War for Cuba -(i beg your pardon for my bad english)

[neitilinvandring]

@gorozon Well the causualitys sustained by attacing well defended concrete bunkers with a mass frontal attack, is not the rifles foult. I think it was a bad comander looking for an excuse, and blaming a foring designed rifel sound good to Americans.

[TehJohnny866]

thats rifle are from norway to

[virus922]

from what i see it is pretty obvious why the US army changes it for the Springfield 03. you load the bullet once at a time to the mag and sometimes the bullet doesn't go in properly. and the bullet sometimes doesn't exit so well. How did you get this rifle? was it accurate?

[wasteoftimereading]

@virus922 It does have a speed loader and I'm pretty sure the ejector wasn't working properly :)

[deadeyemoe]

doesent look too bad if you have time to correctly drop three rounds into the chamber its outdated now but before im sure quite the revolution in capacity rifles

[carolinadare]

Can I ask what rear sight are you using? I want a replacement for an old pacific i have on my gun. And to all you guy out there.. I have one of these rifles and it is the smoothest action on any bolt action rifle i have every shot or FF'ed.

[IR9hordaland]

@Sagit112585 they did one norwegian krag as a prototype that used the mauser clip to load the mag.

[Debilonator]

Mauser 98k is still the best bolt action rifle

the way of putting the bulets into the rifle is kind of funny, just dropping them into the gun

but still i want one of those

[LittleMaggot50]

Man thats a nice rifle,

[groundpounder247]

yeah definitely fix the ejector.

Jorgensen - "Yorgensen". Scandinavian name.

[somekid93229]

i have a Krag Jorgensen form the korean war and i was wondering if they still sell the ammo for it

[groundpounder247]

nah this movie they decided to shoot some authentic 1898 .30 Krag rounds...

you can find it. granted its not just gonna be lying around but its out there.

[gnigged68]

Hmm, I had no idear that the Krag was used in Korea. Please elongate for my curiosity. Check online vendors to buy ammo.

[somekid93229]

It wasnt it was just a bit of confusion of the story that was told to me but it was actully given to my grandfather who fought in korea by his father who fought in the Spanish-American war

[fjcaron]

Nice Krag, was it sporterized or was is it an original carbine? Looks like it's been completely refinished.

[GunWebsites]

not really sure, we are getting different opinions on that

[LittleMaggot50]

What calibre is this rifle, 6.5x55?

[Scott72657]

.30-40 KRAG

[IR9hordaland]

@LittleMaggot50 In norway we call it 6,5mm krag

[transmitxreceive]

@GunWebsites

I'm pretty sure it's been sporterized, judging by the stock and rear sight.

[desertkoi]

@GunWebsites One clue is if it has the calvary ring plate on the left side. Though often the rings have been cut off/ground down the plat will remain and that would indicate it was likely an original and not a sporterized full length rifle.

Only a very small fraction of the carbines were Calvary models, though, so not having the plate doesn't mean it wasn't originally a carbine.

[danthman114]

@GunWebsites it was sporterized. the 98 didnt have those sights. it was a cutdown.

[gugagagagreprpr]

i am 95% sure on that this is the carbine that was given to the Dansig calvary.

[BrainSalad212]

the internal mag is cool

[torjusb]

@BrainSalad212 It was revolutionary when it came out. I think it won a international rifle competition the US Army announced to find the new rifle for their forces. This was desided after the trap-door Springfield was dumped by the army due to lack of fire rate and reload time. The KragJørgensen was the predecessor to the 1903 Springfield rifle that copied the Mauser k98 five round speedloading magazine that the Spanish used in their civil war.

[fixdeluxe1]

Standard US Service rifle,I don't like the Manually loaded internal magazine.

It's a great rare display piece.

[skarsboo]

This is a Norwegian rifle used before and after WW2!

[fixdeluxe1]

After WW2,what by desperate African freedom fighters?

[Res0lut1on]

interesting design. thanks for uploading.

[hipsterical]

once at a gun shop , while inspecting a krag , i got the fleshy part of my thumb caught by the magazine door. since i didn't want to make people around aware of my rather clumsy accident, i managed to get free from the evil bite without a gasp , and never touched a krag any more living happily with lee enfield and mausers.

[GunWebsites]

doh...

I have had those kind of encounters before too, LOL

[gamagoat666]

@hipsterical cool coment

are you kiddding ?

[hipsterical]

@gamagoat666 no no, i didn't make up this, it happened to me for real. it was painful but also hilarious.

[galyndos]

Utilizado en la guerra de CUBA contra ESPAÑA en1898 .

See the movie "100 rifles" witch RAQUEL WELCH and BURT REYNOLDS &JIM BROWN (sorry bad english)

[GunWebsites]

thanks for the 'heads up' on the movie 100 rifles

(english is not bad )

[curseofa5r5a]

donde puedo encontrar esa pelicula gracias

[CounterRevolutionary]

A bolt action rifle with a 3 round magazine? Rahm Israel Emanuel and Barack Hussein Obama would approve.

[carolinadare]

5 rounds

[Gonamez]

sweet!

[vfz1]

i love that rifle my grandfather used one of those rifles during the 2ww  the caliber on the norwegian krags was 6,5 55.i think the krag shots bether then mauser k98 the only problem are if chamber is not dry the rifle shoots unprecise. i'm sorry for my bad english

[GunWebsites]

pretty good english..

I didn't know that bout the wet /dry issue, thanks

[StereoKaffe]

The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the United States of America and Norway. About 300 were delivered to Boer forces of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or ZAR.

[warlord602]

Hmmmm...noticed you were having trouble ejecting the brass. I hear that's a common problem with copies. And you only put in 3 rounds, having trouble putting in all 5?

[GunWebsites]

no trouble at all

[SteelJM1]

Usually Tucson Mountain Park if i go to an official range. Though latley I've been going to 'shooting spots' up in Avra valley that my buddies know about.

[GunWebsites]

we are always interested in new shooting spots.. if you are ever interested in sharing them, we can keep a secret well, and we always clean up after ourselves

Some of the places we've filmed videos on are already fenced off.. so spots are getting tougher to find

[SteelJM1]

I have to say, I HATE that range because its ALWAYS windy as heck.

But nice rifle :)

[GunWebsites]

I volunteered out there for a few years, so I was out there every week for years and I agree it is windy a lot, but not always

They planted some trees along the east side, I hope once they get a bit bigger they will block wind and sun

What range do you shoot at now?

[KILLERKAZ89]

trudde ikke jeg skulle finne video av de riflene her da men =P

[KILLERKAZ89]

nesgutta are right, it was a norwegian man, and he was my great grandfather :) totally proud :D

[larsiboy112]

is it the milytary model krag

[GunWebsites]

I think so, but it has since been 'sporterized' by adding a hunting stock

[nesgutta]

ehh, it's not kraig, it's krag

[cessnaoneeightytwo]

i got a US kraig model 1898 that was used in the spanish american war

[Rektek23]

I saw one of those in a local gun shop. Well maintained and absolutely beautiful. It was about $1100 dollars. Is that a good price?

[GunWebsites]

WOW that is a LOT in my opinion

[Gonamez]

I got a Krag .22 LR. Everything is from the norwegian army and was used during world war 2 except of the barrel and the .22 mechanism

[larsiboy112]

i got a krag jørgensen its a rifle from norway

i am13 and love shooting hvit it

[GunWebsites]

good to hear

[arthurleino]

My dad had a 30-40 Krag carbine he used for deer hunting,sadly it was stolen after his passing. Would like to find one, one of these days.

[GunWebsites]

sorry to hear that.. good luck, I hope find one to replace it

[FalconKPD]

Interesting loading method.

[GunWebsites]

I think so too

[FalconKPD]

It seems like it can jam easily.

[FalconKPD]

Seriously, mud and dirt might get in the chamber through the trap door and gum up the action.

[GunWebsites]

It could I guess, but I think if it was your rifle you'd be real careful about that, especially in wartime

[FalconKPD]

Well, yeah, but if it was used in Trench Warfare, there is a huge risk for that. I believe it was still used in small numbers in WW1.

[muddyman1000]

i meant the norwegians. sorry i get things counfused. the norwegians did use them in 6.5. worked pretty well but were not really a match for the german k98. the krag was a good rifle but could not be loaded as fast as the k98. probably the reason they had a hard time against the nazis. but they were fierce fighters.

[nesgutta]

it was the norwegains who made the krag-jørgensen just to tell you :D

[logibear64]

I have a `98 30/40 Krag.  Fine weapon but I never shoot it. Does not look very elegant when it is sportarized.

[Ma88DefLepFan]

I got a Krag-Jørgensen from 1911 :) it works, but I don't have ammo for it :( :P lol XD

[n8tex254]

When surrounded by hostle natives just civilize then with a Krag.

[threefiftyonewindsor]

I've got a 1917 dated M1894 Norwegian Krag, In 6.5x55 mm, I absolutely love it...even though it's been "Bubba'd" The PO broke two taps off in the holes he drilled for sight mounts on the side of the reciever, railed the rear sight bolts home and hacked them off, cut the barrel, installed a US krag sporter stock and put lyman sights on it. I'd rather it be original....but I still love it.

[sharpie443]

Got a video of mine up.

[hatleman2]

my grandfather has a 1899 carbine krag jørgensen

[GunWebsites]

do you shoot it?

[BOT101st]

I like them, very clever bullet chamber too!

I want one now :D

[MrDassmort]

Im not shooting with a Krag Jørgensen,but here in Norway its not a problem to find ammo to the Krag.You can buy it in almost every shooting team:D

PS:Im shooting with a Sauer 200 STR

[GunWebsites]

cool, are these older ones still available?

[MrDassmort]

Yes:)

You can buy fully functional,nice Krag guns for 1000-1500 norwegian kroner,witch is about 230$:D

[Hommelfot]

I got two fully functional ones at an auction for 600 NOK. ;) An 1898 and an 1897 Steyr model, and they both fire very well. ^^

The Krag Jørgensen is by far my favourite bolt-action rifle, even though the 6,5x55 doesn't pack too solid a punch. I've got a 1909 model which serves as my main Krag though since it's a family heirloom. :)

[xcossackx]

Well, 6,5mmx55 mm do have a lot of punch, but in the Krag you could`nt use hot loadings due to safety. But remember, this gun served well during the german invasion of Norway in 1940, and many nazi died in front of this exellent rifle.

[Kentirir]

Yeeeeah, norwegian guns!

[Dolpsgrenadier]

is that a sporterized krag?

[GunWebsites]

Well, yes it is on an after market stock.. but I don't remember if more work was done to it

[5k33t5k33t]

Beatuful rifle you have. I had a chance to look at some at the CMP store in Alabama, very odd mechanics. I'd get one if I had the money to feed it, after blowing $500 on it.

[launger]

Fairly weird bolt action system. Seems smooth and effective, but only 3 rounds and having to throw the rounds out yourself seems a bit odd :D

[Dolpsgrenadier]

he said in the vid that the ejector doesnt work hehe

[codyschuyler]

i have a danish 1906 m89, do you have any idea where and what bullets to get for it?

[GunWebsites]

We have a few gun shops in Tucson that seem to have some hard to find ammo..

But I would think a gun show would be the best chance of finding rare ammo