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Parts for arms of pre-1899 design. Components only — we never sell a firearm.

Early Repeater

U.S. Krag Rifle Carrier

Also called lifter.

Cartridge elevator in a lever action.

The reference

Documented on this arm

  • U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Carrier

Interchange

What a U.S. Krag Rifle carrier also fits

No interchange has been recorded for this part yet. Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled — a blank here means nothing has been checked, not that everything fits.

From the bench

Availability

Stock

No carrier for the U.S. Krag Rifle at the moment

Almost everything here is one of a kind, so it turns over item by item rather than in runs. A wanted listing is the reliable way to hear when the right one surfaces — and it is also what tells Butch which parts are worth making next.

Put it on the wanted board · Everything for the U.S. Krag Rifle

How the mechanism works

Plates & drawings

6 plates

Original patent drawings for this mechanism, filed by the people who designed it, with every component called out and numbered. They are grouped by how the part works rather than by which arm it came off — the classification that put them here names the mechanism and says nothing about the gun.

Automatic loading mechanism for firearms — US583744A sheet
Automatic loading mechanism for firearms — US583744A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed
Automatic loading mechanism for firearms — US583744A sheet
Automatic loading mechanism for firearms — US583744A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed
Fire-arm — US358915A sheet
Fire-arm — US358915A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed
Fire-arm — US358915A sheet
Fire-arm — US358915A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed
Improvement in fire-arms — US610A sheet
Improvement in fire-arms — US610A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed
Improvement in revolving-breech fire-arms — US8210A sheet
Improvement in revolving-breech fire-arms — US8210A sheetPublic domain / openly licensed

All U.S. Krag Rifle parts · Carrier across every arm · The early repeater era