Modified Krag Jørgensen Skarpskyttergevær.

Technical information:

Name: Modified Krag Jørgensen Skarpskyttergevær

Production year: 1922, later modified into a sharpshooter rifle

Experimental started:

Calibre: 6,5x55

Magasin capacity: 5

Weight:

Produced at: Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk

Stockmaterial: Flamy birch

Lockmechanism: Bolt action

Approved by the army: Civil design

Number produced: Many rifles was rebuildt like this.

Norway was one of the poorest countries in Europe during the years after WW2. The rifle called Krag Jørgensen M30 was never a greate success, and I expect that a rather high price was the reason for that. It was a lot cheaper to rebuild an old military rifle with a new heavy barrel, a new stock and a diopter sight, than buy it as a new rifle, like the M30. This after-market made gunsmiths all over the country to come up with their own design of buttstocks. The rifle you see below has a Gransæter stock. This particularly stock is made out of Norwegian flamy birch, really good looking.

The fact that this rifle first was buildt as an M1912 carbine is not possible to see now.