30-40 Krag speedloader

Nanook of the north · August 21, 2011, 09:29 PM

Hi out there. I was just wondering if anyone knew where to by a speedloader for a 30-40 Krag. Thanks

Jim Watson · August 21, 2011, 10:04 PM

You mean the Parkhurst Device that was a stripper clip adapter at the back of the magazine box? Like this:
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/r...1-c-a871ecbf25

Those things are rare, rare, rare.

Or do you want something modern and tackytickle to shoot the gun fast with?

Ideal Tool · August 22, 2011, 09:56 PM

One of the main reasons U.S. army adopted the Mauser variant, 1903 Springfield was the lack of a practical way of clip or charger loading the Krag.
Jim Watson is right..these are rare..there was a reproduction made on one of the other forums, I seem to remember.

**Mike Irwin** · August 23, 2011, 06:42 AM

Here are some more pictures of the device from the auction website:

http://www.juliaauctions.com/auction...38202&sale=278

You get a really good view of the Parkhurst device in the third picture down.

Rifles so modified are rare and bring a LOT of money.

WIL TERRY · August 23, 2011, 11:06 AM

WHEN I was shooting competition with an 1898 Krag carbine I could speed load it with five from my right hand as fast as any of the '03 boys could do with a stripper clip. To be truthful I do NOT remember one of 'em EVER beating me. AND I do know for a fact that my Krag carbine could outshoot any of their collection of '03 rifles. This is also the reason the Krag was outlawed at Camp Perry in 1908.

smoakingun · August 23, 2011, 08:49 PM

the krag was outlawed at perry? I did not know that.

Jim Watson · August 23, 2011, 10:23 PM

Because it was too accurate?
Or because it was no longer the service rifle?

August 21, 2011, 09:29 PM	#1
Nanook of the north Member Join Date: August 2, 2011 Posts: 27	30-40 Krag speedloader Hi out there. I was just wondering if anyone knew where to by a speedloader for a 30-40 Krag. Thanks

August 23, 2011, 06:42 AM	#4
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	Here are some more pictures of the device from the auction website: http://www.juliaauctions.com/auction...38202&sale=278 You get a really good view of the Parkhurst device in the third picture down. Rifles so modified are rare and bring a LOT of money. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

August 23, 2011, 08:49 PM	#6
smoakingun Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2009 Location: melrose, fl Posts: 634	the krag was outlawed at perry? I did not know that. __________________ Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.

August 21, 2011, 10:04 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,535	You mean the Parkhurst Device that was a stripper clip adapter at the back of the magazine box? Like this: http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/r...1-c-a871ecbf25 Those things are rare, rare, rare. Or do you want something modern and tackytickle to shoot the gun fast with?

August 22, 2011, 09:56 PM	#3
Ideal Tool Junior member Join Date: October 6, 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,080	One of the main reasons U.S. army adopted the Mauser variant, 1903 Springfield was the lack of a practical way of clip or charger loading the Krag. Jim Watson is right..these are rare..there was a reproduction made on one of the other forums, I seem to remember.

August 23, 2011, 11:06 AM	#5
WIL TERRY Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2000 Location: BLACK HILLS Posts: 1,322	WHEN I was shooting competition with an 1898 Krag carbine I could speed load it with five from my right hand as fast as any of the '03 boys could do with a stripper clip. To be truthful I do NOT remember one of 'em EVER beating me. AND I do know for a fact that my Krag carbine could outshoot any of their collection of '03 rifles. This is also the reason the Krag was outlawed at Camp Perry in 1908.

August 23, 2011, 10:23 PM	#7
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,535	Because it was too accurate? Or because it was no longer the service rifle?