Dale shot numerous deer and elk with it from ages 12 to 25, when he moved on to a Ruger with a scope. What the Jorgensons do know is that it’s been an excellent starter rifle for its 56 years in the family’s possession. “We have no clue what it shot before dad got it, and we might not want to know,” Duff said. Nor do they know who used it or for what purposes in the post-war decades leading up to 1964, when Dale bought it. The Jorgensons aren’t sure if their rifle was actually used in the Spanish American War. Springfield Model 1898 bolt-action rifle on Dec. The Jorgensons’ gun has a lengthy 30-inch barrel and five-cartridge magazine. 30-06, which is a commonly used cartridge in big-game hunting. 30-40 Krag cartridge, with a ballistic profile similar to a.
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It went through a series of models between 18, including the 1898 version owned by the Jorgenson family, until it was phased out when the Army adopted a Mauser-patterned Springfield rifle. military in the late 19th century, according to the National Rifle Association, and served as the Army’s standard-issue rifle in the Spanish American War. The Krag-Jørgensen rifle, manufactured by Springfield Armory, was the first smokeless-powder repeating firearm to be adopted by the U.S. “It’s a tradition, and we’re keeping the tradition alive. “It’s something you don’t hear every day,” Duff, a Kalispell home inspector, said. Then this fall, Duff’s son Tyler harvested his first deer with the same rifle in the Swans, completing a generational trifecta. Nearly three decades later, in 1993, his son Duff shot his first deer with the rifle, also in the Swan Range. He bought it for $27.50 and shot his first deer with it in the Swan Range the following year. Dale Jorgenson came across an 1898 Spanish American War-era rifle at a Kalispell pawnshop in 1964 when he was 11 years old.
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