Krag in a sentence

Early development Technical drawing of an early Krag–Jørgensen Closeup of the Krag–Jørgensen receiver and magazine door on a Norwegian M1912 Carbine The 1880s were an interesting period in the development of modern firearms.

However, it must be stressed that these were all late-production Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen rifles, made in an era when metallurgy was vastly more advanced than when the American Krag–Jørgensen rifles were made.

Krag–Jørgensen rifles modified to self loaders At the same time that the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun was introduced to the Norwegian Army, some people started considering modifying the Krag–Jørgensen to semi-automatic fire.

Special Krag–Jørgensen rifles / carbines and oddities The Krag–Jørgensen was manufactured for almost 60 years in Norway.

These shortened Krag-Jøgensen's were known in Norway as the Stomperud-Krag.

When Crozier replied that it was, he was told to take the Springfield while the president picked up the Krag.

A competition was held in 1892, comparing 53 rifle designs including Lee, Krag, Mannlicher, Mauser, and Schmidt–Rubin.

After World War II a limited number of Krag–Jørgensens were made in purely civilian models.

All in all, the M/1894 is by far the most common model of the Norwegian Krag models.

Ammunition The various Krag–Jørgensens were manufactured for a wide variety of ammunition.

A number of the Krag–Jørgensens manufactured for the Germans have been described as 'bastards', created from mismatched parts left over from previous production.

Comparison with contemporary rifles At the time of adoption in Denmark, the United States and Norway, the Krag–Jørgensen was seen as the best available rifle.

Despite the fact that both the Mannlicher and Mauser submissions were significantly faster to reload than the Krag, the latter, having been designed in Norway, was selected.

In fact, several cartridges can be dumped into the opened magazine of a Krag at once with no need for careful placement, and when shutting the magazine-door the cartridges are forced to line up correctly inside the magazine.

It can be seen as a new attempt to increase the firepower of the Krag–Jørgensen, just as the attempt to convert it to belt feed.

It was realized that converting the Jarmann was more cost efficient than converting the Krag–Jørgensen, so further conversions was halted.

Krag and Jørgensen therefore decided to convert the magazine into what they referred to as a 'half-capsule', containing only five rounds of ammunition instead of the previous ten.

Normal loading was one cartridge at a time, and this could be done more easily with a Krag than a rifle with a "box" magazine.

Ordnance officials also believed the Krag's magazine cutoff and lower reloading speed to be an advantage, one which conserved ammunition on the battlefield.

Subtypes of the Krag–Jørgensen used in Norway M1894 M1894 with telescopic sight.