A friend of mine wants to know if there is a way to mount a scope on his granpa's 106 year old origional krag without altering it's condition but so he could use it for hunting as his eyes are not to good? Thanks!!
The only feasible way to scope a Krag is either a side mount that positions the scope to the side or a forward mounted scout scope. To mount a scope over the action would require a cartridge deflector of some sort since Krags eject rounds straight up.
If a guy was clever it's possible (but hardly practical) to build a side mount that would attach to the magazine cover plate. Buy a spare one and attach the mount to it, remove the original and replace it with the altered one...and when done, put the original one back on.
Do your friend a favor and talk him out of trying to put a scope on this old rifle.