Product Details
* KONGSBERG VAPENFABRIK - NORWAY
A SCARCE 6.5x55MM KRAG 'KRAG JØRGENSEN M1895 CAVALRY CARBINE' BOLT-MAGAZINE SERVICE CARBINE, serial no. 2484,
dated 1900, 20 1/2in. nitro reproved (in 2022) barrel, with tall block-mounted blade fore-sight, adjustable tangent sight graduated from 1- 2200, receiver marked '1900' and with the Kongsberg arsenal marking, internal rotary box magazine with downward pivoting loading gate and inspection trap, magazine cut-off with thumb cutout marked 'S' and 'AA', manual flag safety, manual cocking knob, pistolgrip half stock, single barrel banded with sling swivel, 13 3/4in. pull including steel buttplate, forward-mounted sling swivel, matching numbers, weight 7lb. 13oz.
Other Notes: The M1895 cavalry carbine and M1897 mountain artillery and engineer carbine differed only in how the sling swivel was fitted to the stock, and were issued in one series. A total of 9,309 were made between 1898 and 1906.
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Estimate £800-1,200
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act