30-40 krag made in 1903
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165gr ranch dog (173gr actual weight)
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100 yard targets
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sighting it in at 100 yards (7 - 10 are the group)
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after i used the krag deer hunting, i put on a no drill redfield 102k peep sight. then last year, after deer season, i stripped the stock, put on hartley's dark oil wood filler and minwax antique oil(8 or 10 coats) and johnson's paste wax. the cut off barrel and stock were done before my time, possibly before my great grandpap bought it. i have killed 6 or 7 deer with it(cast boolits) and my son has 5 or 6 deer(cast boolits) to his name.
the other krags' need rebarreled. the first krag will be 9.3/30-40 krag, the second will be 22 hornet. the third one, well....i have my choices narrowed down to two. the 25/30-40 krag or the 405 JES(cut down 444 marlin and reamed to .411"). i'll probably go with 25 krag, but that 405 JES(40-42,000 max psi?) is really sneaking up on me.
there are a bunch of rimmed cartridges that go 40,000 psi and under. but i'd still go with the 30-40 krag.