Beautiful job! I inherited a sporterized 30 40 Krag from an uncle many years ago. Recently refinished the stock myself. Looks good, but yours is amazing.
Beautiful job! I inherited a sporterized 30 40 Krag from an uncle many years ago. Recently refinished the stock myself. Looks good, but yours is amazing.
Thank you so much, JCM45. Please send us pics of your Krag and welcome to our forum. I can’t wait to straighten out mine’s feeding problem but it’s a great single shot, too.
Evoken, I think possibly Boyd’s or Richards might be able to provide a semi inlettled stock for you
Macon lists a pretty good selection of sporter stocks for the various Krags.
https://www.macongunstocks.com/catalog-pricing-a-m.html
Cognitive Dissident
JCM, that looks great. I'm partial to that Redfield sight, too.
Thanks, uscra112 for the link!
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I'm a bit late getting to this party, but I wanted to add my 2 cents about how much fun the Krags are to shoot.
Mine is a bit heavy at 8 1/2 pounds but that adds to the recoil mitigation!
JCM, that is a beautiful Krag!
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Very nice, Mike. Is that a Williams receiver sight? I’ll be glad when I can get back to shooting mine.
Texas by God,
Yes, that is a Williams 5D. There are more precise sights on the market, but that is what was on the rifle when I got it and it works well enough for hunting.
I think the barrel on my Krag is from a 1903A3. It doesn't look like any Krag barrel I've ever been around.
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There's nothing wrong with a 5D, I've used several over the years on Mausers and lever actions. Does your barrel have two rifling grooves or four? That quarter rib with the folding sight is neat.
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Thomas I had not kept up with this thread, great job overall and a real good looker. Like those lee cast boolit loads too!
Windy here but I had some fun at 40 yards. The top target is the 170 gr Lee fp 5 shots, and the bottom target is 180 gr Sierra 3 shots. I'm seeing potential as I get used to it. It actually has a nice trigger pull, and is fun to shoot. It will not feed the flat nose bullets from the magazine; I'm still adjusting that issue. It feeds Hornady ELD 220gr plastic tip the best
I hope that the pic is clear, my phone may need therapy.
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Crazy mild 90 degrees here this evening; Soo, while I grilled some thighs to finish with bbq; I grabbed Custom Krag and a few Lee C309150F PC'd, sized with GC to .309"- over a not too peppy dose of Happy Trails, 3031( until we meet again)....I wasn't that pleased with my 2" 3 shot group at forty yards; but my Topo Chico boxes aren't clarity contrast enough blah,blah.
The 100 yard group, aiming at the "spirit" of the top nut of a junk metal tank produced the slightly high....
" now I'm pleased" 2" iron sights 3 shot group @100yds.
I'm really liking this full size rifle more as we get used to each other.
Please forgive my makeshift targets, they go to the scrap yard once the heavy sand and water get vented out. The other holes have other stories.
Thanks for listening.
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nice shootin!!!!
i've never used imr3031 in the krag. i use 25.5gr of h4198 with a 165gr ranch dog, but it will do rel7 and varget quiet nicely.
those old redfield/lyman aperture sights are amazing. i use them and williams fp sight for my win m94, mausers and krags.
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Thanks, 444. Since I’m out of 3031 now, I’m going to try Varget ( got a bunch) and some slow burning powders( got a variety) for cast. I still like 4350 for jacketed bullets so far.
By all accounts, Varget works exceedingly well in the Krag. One guy I usta know was using it for cast-bullet-military at Camp Perry.
Cognitive Dissident
i tried varget on several rifles. i still have a 1/2 lb or so.
165gr ranch dog in 30-40 krag at 100 yards
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444ttd, my very first group at 40 yards with Varget from the Krag was preciously close to one inch. It has my interest. I went easy route and used the Lee 2.5cc scoop- 34.2 grs and my C309150F sized/ GC.309" PC'd CCI primers.
I'll get some pics up soon when I try them some more.
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OK,
This load is going in the notebook. These 40 yard groups are encouraging in different light conditions.
It was too bright and hot to shoot at 100 yards today.
The trigger has a small hitch in it's getalong that is a little distracting but not bad. I'll see to that and the feeding problem which also doesn't bother me horribly. At close to nine pounds, I only target shoot with it so far.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |