There was an old Gene Autry movie where he was selling horses to the army. All the troops were armed with what looked like Philippine Constibulary Krags.
Many of the WW2 movies show German soldiers using WW1 Mauser rifles, and wearing the WW1 style helmets. Also, they show Japs using the WW1 Mausers.
the 91/30 is a wwi straight pull, made in hungary and in vienna. the 30 comes from their being cut down from the wwi version used by the austro hungarian empire, and issued to second line troops, police, etc. as to the mauser, i asked a guy once served in russia, he said they preferred the wwi mauser to the k98 , said it was more accurate.
Forgot Sgt. Schultz's real name, but heard on another web site that he was Jewish and had relatives who had perished in a concentration camp. For that reason he refused to carry a K98, and the show's producers obliged him and found out that the Germans had captured a lot of Krags and many were indeed issued to non - front line troops like guards and security personnel. So supposedly him carrying a Krag was historically correct for many, but not all, guards. Read this on another internet site so I can't vouch for its authenticity. Any truth to it ?
Forgot Sgt. Schultz's real name, but heard on another web site that he was Jewish and had relatives who had perished in a concentration camp. For that reason he refused to carry a K98, and the show's producers obliged him and found out that the Germans had captured a lot of Krags and many were indeed issued to non - front line troops like guards and security personnel. So supposedly him carrying a Krag was historically correct for many, but not all, guards. Read this on another internet site so I can't vouch for its authenticity. Any truth to it ?
Here's a link for the Sgt. Schultz info. Both he and Col. Klink were Jewish.
German Uniforms and decorations in the show are overall not too bad...Gestapo ones prob. a bit over the top..
Col. Klink wore.... >WW1 Iron Cross 1st class., (with WW2 clasp) which means he received a second award. >Pilot's Badge >Ground Combat Badge.
Schultz wore... >German Sports Badge. > NCO Lace, but it has an error In that it only runs around three sides of the shoulder straps. >Schultz had the correct brown leather for Luftwaffe, opposed to black for Heer.
i watched an interview with werner klemperer (klink) and he said when he was asked to play the part of a german pow commander in a comedy, he thought they were crazy. he said the only way he would play it was if he could make him a buffoon, which he did. he was an interesting person and a good actor. i love that show. i have them all on dvd and thats what i watch on cold nights at my camp.
Krags show up in the original King Kong movie. I watched a grade B Vietnam War movie a few years ago and one soldier is using a Hi Point carbine, when a lot of movies are made they use any type of prop gun that they can get their hands on
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
John Wayne's gang used Krags in "The Fighting Seabees", too. I think the "Japanese" troops did, also. There were probably shortages of everything during that time, and they "made do" with whatever sorta looked like the appropriate weapons.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
Owning a beauty like that, would be reason enough to buy 30-40 Krag dies.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
Then there was "the good, the Bad, and the Ugly," with Clint Eastwood putting cartridges in muzzle loading revolvers.
Many black powder revolvers (NOT muzzle loaders) were converted to cartridge firing, very common, still available today on the replica market and in demand by Cowboy Action shooters.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
i watched an interview with werner klemperer (klink) and he said when he was asked to play the part of a german pow commander in a comedy, he thought they were crazy. he said the only way he would play it was if he could make him a buffoon, which he did. he was an interesting person and a good actor. i love that show. i have them all on dvd and thats what i watch on cold nights at my camp.
I must have seen every episode six or seven times. Maybe more like ten.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
In Sept 2019 I restored a Krag and made a non invasive scope mount.
In Sept 2019 I sporterized a Krag to 25 Krag Ackley and painted my Bartlein barrel.
What scope mount do you have on that bottom krag? I have a sporterized one that I really like to hunt with but can't see well enough with the peep sights to use it anymore.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
That is freakin sweet!!
i need another one like a hole in the head, but bidding on one now.
A lot of Boomer era TV and movies had such little attention to detail that they become almost unwatchable. Already mentioned but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a prime example.
Unrelated to the OP but some might appreciate this sporterized Krag. A buddy of mine picked up recently and sent pics.
Then there was "the good, the Bad, and the Ugly," with Clint Eastwood putting cartridges in muzzle loading revolvers.
Many black powder revolvers (NOT muzzle loaders) were converted to cartridge firing, very common, still available today on the replica market and in demand by Cowboy Action shooters.
Don't get me wrong, I have always very much enjoyed the G,B, & U movie, however as someone pointed out, Clint Eastwood's cartridge conversion Colt did not exist in that time period. Also, notice that Lee VanCleef has a percussion Remington which is period correct, but he carries it in a holster rig with loops holding metalic cartridges. Eli Wallock's Colt Navy is period correct, but he gets metalic cartridges from the storekeeper to load it with. And, to really get nit-picky, what's the deal with Eastwood firing the cannon with a fuse instead of a friction primer? If not a friction primer, a quill & linstock would have been accurate. Granted, neither method would have had quite the dramatic effect as lighting a fuse with a cigar.
In Sept 2019 I restored a Krag and made a non invasive scope mount.
In Sept 2019 I sporterized a Krag to 25 Krag Ackley and painted my Bartlein barrel.
What scope mount do you have on that bottom krag? I have a sporterized one that I really like to hunt with but can't see well enough with the peep sights to use it anymore.
I got it off the 24HCF free classified in 2013
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yeah the History Channel has some Goofs on it I remember watching a show about the American Revolution one time and a British soldier had a bolt action rifle pretty comical
Bonanza was set from 1861 to 1871. The first episodes were just at the start of the Civil War. Pa, and Adam and the boys all carried 1873 Colts. No pesky powder horns or round balls for the Bonanza boys.
Lots of those History Channel shows are filmed in Eastern Europe and if you watch them closely, you’ll see all kinds of funky weapons being carried sometimes.
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