Lets look at a few everyday type rifles, show me your brown gun.
Where the gang shoots we have a bunch of old small propane bottles that we shoot offhand at fifty and hundred yards at for fun. Everyone seems to have a “Brown Gun” or “Dog Fight Gun” , an old Trapdoor, Borchardt or the like that we do not have to worry about getting a little wet, or a couple new scratches is not a big deal. When I first came to Alaska an old Krag sporter was my hunting rifle and have always like the krag, when I find a nice one I let Mark know. I have an old trapdoor and last winter at a local gunshow I picked up a Krag. This was a Krag rifle with an OK bore but a little pitting at the muzzle and the stock had been cut back some. I cut the front of the barrel off then slid a 1903 Springfield sight down the barrel and recut it for the sight to fit there and crowned the barrel. (John did the crowning ;-)) There are milled wide channels in the bottom of a Krag rifle stock right were it looks right when you make a sporter out of it. Most folks fill this in but it’s end grain and never looks right to me.
