Re: Smoothest bolt action ever!
The Krag is accurate for it's time period, it's not a tack driving rifle and it can't compare in accuracy to a Mauser 96 or 98. It has a single primary front locking lug, the dual lug comes from a second rear lug that does not keep load path symmetry.
Look at the front of any modern bolt action. The bolt nose looks like a k98 action. Dual front lugs at the nose of the bolt. They are symmetrically opposed about the bolt and carries loads into the receiver in a paired load path with equal stiffness.
Deflection under load is a tennant of repeated accuracy. If you put the bolt lugs far back on the bolt or unbalance them geometrically, you're screwing yourself.
The Krag is smooth as silk, it's an interesting action, and I like the old CR rifles (most of my stuff is CRs) but it's not a "precision capable" action. Also, thanks for posting the info about all that hand fitting in them, I was unaware of that. It seems backwards to think that's reasonable, but if it happened, then so be it. Learning something new everday
My k98 that I posted pictures of has lapped surfaces throughout the action and it's very smooth, the final lapping that I have to complete is the bolt/striker cam surface and I will be done. it's nicer than anything I've handled short of a Krag.
I would love to try a CG1900 to see what the fuss is all about.