Mike it has made a nice light woods rifle. I also discovered that the Winder Musket shotgun butt style stock absorbs recoil much better than the standard crescent butt normally found on hunting Hiwalls. As to using the kicker feature on the extractor I am not sure. You would not however use the style of extractor that was a feature of the Winder Rifles. In my mind this was/is
one of Winchesters real screw ups. Now it may well have been that their mindset was that this was to be a training rifle and not a serious match rifle. I have worked on a few of these that started after much shooting started to misfire or not fire at
all. I have always liked the 30-40 Krag and have owned a few in the past but folishly parted with them when something else caught my attention and then regreted letting them go. My ultimate desire for this rifle is to find an original pistol grip, shotgun butt stock for it and then I will feel complete.
Well all for now. Regards, FITZ.
