Thread: 30-40 Krag

Originally Posted by zimmer

And lot of Yanks returning from WWII with war trophies also got shootable rifles back home with no 8x57 available there.

I wonder long after if there was regret doing this rechambering given what K98s ended up being worth.

Not a consideration at the time there were squillions of them and no one thought that far ahead. These guys wanted a hunting rifle and the 806 ticked the box.
Bits of Kar 98s turned up in a hell of a lot of English sporting rifles after the war, the sparkbrook cache provided lots of parts for parker hales, for example my safari has a little waffenamph on the magazine follower.