Krag Collectors Association Forum

Allen, I hope I didn't offend you by wanting to verify what cartridge was actually used. My training and 30+ years as a mechanical engineer leads me to solve problems by separating out probable causes, starting at the highest and most improbable level and working down. And after 50 years of shooting...

When I measured the rim diameter and case length in your picture, it didn't seem to match up with the proportions of a 30-40 casing, unless the neck was missing altogether. It <i>does</i> match the proportions of a <strong>30-30</strong> case whose neck has been blown out almost completely. The spli...

What does the headstamp on that cartridge casing read?

For what it's worth, I have one Krag sporter with the military two stage pull and one that has been gunsmithed to a single stage pull. I'm with butlersrangers and prefer the two stage pull myself. Part of the reason might be my perception that a two stage trigger has deep and safe sear engagement un...

I used to have a flintlock, a Lyman Great Plains. Try as I might, I could never stop flinching when the priming powder went off. I guess that's why they're sometimes called "flinch locks". But I know shooters who have no trouble shooting them. I just must be too high strung.

One of my favorite battleship pictures: USS Iowa.<br /><br /><a href='http://s127.photobucket.com/user/gunboat57/media/battleship-uss-iowa2_zps978fa4e2.jpg.html'><IMG src="http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p142/gunboat57/battleship-uss-iowa2_zps978fa4e2.jpg" alt="img"></a><br /><br />This picture w...

Remembering back, another reason I didn't pursue a naval career was because I wasn't a good fit, literally. I wanted to fly but was 2 inches too tall for rotary wing or fixed wing. I spent a few days on an attack boat but couldn't fold myself any way that was tolerable once we submerged. The only su...

I was all set to join the Navy as an Ensign after completing ROTC in the late 70s. But at that time there wasn't much of a chance for advancement so I dropped out of the program.<br />But one exciting time was when I was aboard the USS Voge in the Med during a training cruise. That's when a Soviet E...

I could see it being a distraction to disciplined gunnery.

Range clocks. When battleships were in a line formation and were firing at a common target, the range was displayed on the "clocks", fore and aft, so they could be read by other ships in the line. This was before radio and conveyed info faster than signal flags.