Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle
- Category
- Rifle
- Barrel
- Not recorded
- Weight, empty
- Not recorded
- Introduced
- 1948
About
What it is, and why it matters
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle is a Norwegian bolt-action hunting rifle built by Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk on the Krag-Jorgensen action and chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser for moose (elg) hunting. It was assembled from roughly 500 leftover M1912 carbine actions fitted with a civilian half-stock held by a single barrel band, wood retained over the barrel, and an adjustable rear sight switchable between 100 m and 300 m. Only about 500 were made in 1948-1949, making it one of the very last Krag-Jorgensen rifles ever produced and the direct predecessor of the refined M1951 model.
Nicknamed part of 'the last Krag', the M1948 Elgrifle was Kongsberg's way of liquidating leftover Krag-Jorgensen parts by converting 500 obsolete military carbine actions into moose rifles, carrying the 60-year-old side-loading bolt action into the post-war hunting field.
Kongsberg found the standard 7.92x57mm service load ran too hot for the single-locking-lug Krag-Jorgensen action, so a roughly 10% weaker 7.92x57 'moderat' load was used in these rifles. The later M1951 refined the M1948 by removing the wood from atop the barrel, fitting a new hunting rear sight, and replacing the flat bolt handle with a rounded one.
Specification
Everything measured
IdentityWhat it is, who built it and when.
- Manufacturer
- Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk
- Category
- Rifle
- Country
- Norway
- Status
- Discontinued
- Produced
- 1948 to 1949
ActionHow it cycles, what trips it, and what feeds it.
- Action
- Bolt action
- Firing mechanism
- Striker fired
- Trigger
- Single stage
- Capacity
- 5
- Magazine
- Internal
MaterialsEach swatch is the material itself, not a colour chosen to stand for it.
- Frame
- Steel
- Barrel
- Steel
- Stock
- Walnut
- Finish
- Blued
BallisticsFrom the service cartridge, not a handload.
- Effective range
- 200 m
Trajectory
What the round does downrange
Solved from the muzzle figures and the bullet. The dashed rule is the effective range on the record, and the crosses are the steps the solver returned.
No load solved for this record yetThe flight path is computed from a cartridge and a bullet. This record has no ammunition filed against its chambering, so there is nothing to solve.
Features
What it has
What the record lists as fitted, drawn from the catalogue.
Side loading gate
Half stock single barrel band
Flat bolt handle
Wood over barrel
Adjustable 100 300m rear sight
Standing
How it compares
This record has too few measurements to compare with others yet.
Answers
Questions about the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle
What caliber is the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle?
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle is chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser.
How many rounds does the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle hold?
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle holds 5 rounds, fed from an internal magazine.
Who makes the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle?
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle is made by Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk (Norway). It was designed by Ole Herman Johannes Krag / Erik Jorgensen.
When was the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle introduced?
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle was introduced in 1948 and discontinued in 1949.
How does the Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle operate?
The Kongsberg M1948 Elgrifle uses a bolt action, and its firing mechanism is striker fired.
Compatibility
Which parts fit this firearm
Studio
Every part that mounts on this, resolved
Not a list the maker typed out: the answer comes from the mounts this firearm exposes and the interface each part needs, so it stays right when either one changes.
- Every part that mounts on any firearm in the catalogue
- Interface standards, platforms and fit overrides
- The same answers through the API and the MCP server
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Provenance
What the record holds
Every figure above was taken from one of these pages. The confidence reflects how much of the record came from a page a claim can be checked against.
In service
- Norwegian civilian hunters
- 1948
Provenance
Confidence in this record
62%
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API
The call that returns this record
The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.
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