GunLab (KnownHost) » Stevens single shot rifle https://gunlab.net Adventures in gun building! Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:06:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Looking at the Stevens Little Krag rifle https://gunlab.net/looking-at-the-stevens-little-krag-rifle/ https://gunlab.net/looking-at-the-stevens-little-krag-rifle/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:00:53 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5161 The little Krag rifle made by Stevens gun company is a 22 caliber boys rifle. The Krag name was chosen because the Spanish American war was still in the recent memory of most Americans. It is a simply design single shot rifle that came out in March of 1904. The rifle came with a standard [...]]]> The little Krag rifle made by Stevens gun company is a 22 caliber boys rifle. The Krag name was chosen because the Spanish American war was still in the recent memory  of most Americans.  It is a simply design single shot rifle that came out in March of 1904. The rifle came with a standard 20″ round barrel and oil walnut stock. For a short time there was a scope that was available, it however was dropped after being made for only one year. By 191o the rifle has run it’s course and was discontinued.

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Close up of the receiver in the stock.

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Out of the stock.

The barrel is a slip fit that is held in with a screw on the bottom of the receiver with a screw.

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DSC_8031cAs you can see from the pictures this is a very basic receiver.

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The bolt as well is very simple in design and function. The bolt handle is what keeps the action closed when the rifle is fired.

DSC_8037csThere is an  interesting design  with this rifle. It is the design of the extractor. It is a spring loaded design. Here are a few pictures of the spring and extractor set up.

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IMG_0692sAs you extract the cartridge out of the chamber the extractor springs forward to all another cartridge to be fed into the rifle.

This is a video of its operation.

Quite often I am e-mailed about I am interested in making my own rifle but I don’t have the experience or the tools. This rifle can be made with a very little experience and tooling. There is no or minimal heat treating involved with this design and steel selection could be basic scrap steel.

]]> https://gunlab.net/looking-at-the-stevens-little-krag-rifle/feed/ 2 Building a Stevens Single shot rifle video https://gunlab.net/2686/ https://gunlab.net/2686/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:00:13 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=2686 I like gun building and that should be no surprise to anyone that comes to this sight. I also like any type of weapon. I found this series of videos on building a Stevens single shot rifle. There is a great deal of information in his video even though it is not a how to. [...]]]> I like gun building and that should be no surprise to anyone that comes to this sight. I also like any type of weapon. I found this series of videos on building a Stevens single shot rifle. There is a great deal of information in his video even though it is not a how to. His web sight is interesting as well. This is part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

And his site.

http://tomstechniques.com/

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