Krag Collectors Association Forum

Lots of good Data is available in the Hornady and Speer "Reloading Manuals". IMR-3031, IMR-4895, and IMR-4064 are nice propellants with 150 grain to 180 grain .30 cal. projectiles I prefer jacketed bullets lighter than 220 grains. They give higher velocities, good accuracy, less recoil and...

.... Krag 'newble' trying to reassemble dismounted bolt parts and stripped trigger-assembly!

.... looking for Krag Brass and finally finding it!

FWIW - The NYNG Rolling-Blocks rifles are interesting. They were chambered in .50-70 and had an Erskine S. Allin designed 'safety-feature', which instantly dropped the hammer to half- cock, when the breech-block closed. This ingenious feature partially supported the (R-B) breech-block. It helped kee...

Culpeper, you can turn your Cub Scout "Bobcat Pin", rightside up!

Please look at the last entry on page one. In 2019, 'Parashooter' estimated that the W&A-30 burn rate had to be close to IMR-4895.

FWIW:
I am not fully understanding of how these computations are done, but, in a KCA post in 2019,
'Parashooter' calculated that the burn rate of the obsolete W&A-30 was likely close to IMR-4895.
This possibly put the burn rate between IMR-3031 and IMR-4064.

'Graduate Culpeper', I have just one word for you: "Pedersen" A "simple" semi auto conversion would be a Pedersen device, adapted for the U.S. Krag! Made to function with .32 acp, 7.62mm Tokarev, or a shortened .30 carbine round, this solution would give hours of low cost shootin...

It looks like the Norwegians tested your Krag semi-auto idea in 1938, with the "Snaab 38".
The RAF had a go, during WW1, with some 'semi-automated' Lee-Enfields.

Every generation seems to have a try at reinventing the wheel and the mousetrap .... Go for it!

The M-1902 carbine rear-sight is one of the shortest Krag sights.

But, I am surprised that a 130 grain spire-point traveling at around 2,500 fps is striking a foot LOW, at 100 yards.