Gasgunner, those single shot Krags ARE a gas! The Zipper is just plain elegant, the R2 is elegantly plain!
This whole thread makes me wish I were in a part of the nation that had more small gunshops where you can find a bubbaed Krag for a reasonable price (NOT Southern California, believe me). Mr. Petrov's experiments gave me a whole new respect for the Krag. I had always just bought the "recieved knowledge" that the action was all kinds of weak....an eye opener.
I feel a "blue highway" trip coming on.....
