I think if you actually handle a Krag in good condition and see just how finely and carefully built and just how slick they are you'l be hooked. As for history these rifles fought the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurection, and marched to Peking during the Boxer rebellion and acquitted themselves well every time.

I'm like you with a love of single shot and black powder rifles and double guns and I find the Krag fits very well in this 19th century niche.

Jerry Liles