krag jorgensen

A Norwegian bolt-action rifle, designed in 1886. The weapon name took its name from the designers - Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen. It was adopted as a standard rifle by Norway, Denmark, and the United States.

A distinctive feature of the Krag–Jørgensen action is its magazine. While many other rifles of its era use an integral box magazine loaded by a charger or stripper clip, the magazine of the Krag–Jørgensen is integral with the receiver. It features an opening on the right hand side with a hinged cover. Instead of a charger, single cartridges are inserted through the side opening, and are pushed up, around, and into the action by a spring follower. Later, similar to a charger, a claw type clip would be made for the Krag that allowed the magazine to be loaded all at once, also known as the Krag "speedloader magazine".

See also

• list of weapons
• Wikipedia article: Krag-Jørgensen