Krag Collectors Association Forum

I've always said lead too... The old vintage scope would not hold zero...so I bought two weaver 29S scopes on ebay and put one good scope together...2.5x but came out fine. I was not grouping and finally figured out the mount needed a shim so found a Monster tin can at the range and cut some shims.....

BR, great post and schematics...and THAT is a lead sled. Todd, did you slug your barrel before using the .311's or just went that route? A worn bore, worn evenly, will still shoot pretty accurately. I've used .312's in Mosins after slugging them and they did well. If the bore is still closer to .308...

COAL is the Cartridge Over All Length and for the 30/40 it is listed as 3.089 for reloading as the maximum length. I've never seen a blue print of the original Krag chamber, or the slightly modified later one (shortened) but all of the reloading material I have states the same COAL. My barrel riflin...

Well good results today...just iron sights. Moving the round length beyond the max rec. coal of 3.089 to 3.1050 paid off. When reloading just below 3.089 with 150 gn rounds and H 335 @ 35 grains I was at about 3 MOA at 100 yards.... terrible for the quality of the bore that has very crisp rifling. I...

The accuracy to date, iron sights, is OK but I expect better given the bore condition. That does not equal the throat or headspace tho. The headspace was off a bit and I fixed that with a NOS bolt...like our Mosins headspace is set by the rim, as you know, and the old bolt was worn. I measured the c...

Check this guy out...6.5 x 55 for sure

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Yes, I can see that... just wondered.... how do you like that Weaver? Is that a Weaver' 29S? Nope, that's a 330 sniper isn't it.... nice scope.

That front mount I could fab up no problem....but that rear elevation mechanism would take some work...still, it is doable at least in looks if not exact operation. You'd simply have to take the time to figure range adjustment increments....depending upon a specific load. I note that the magazine cu...

It would be a hard sell at some vintage matches.... the 4x would be all right but who knows. The Poyer book shows a Krag sniper (I am sure you are aware) but they tried out 6/12/20 x scopes and I find that unusual for that period. A Hi lux long tube with a rear external adjustment mounted to the sid...

Thanks... I know that it is a bit iffy on a collector's site but has not been 'modified' beyond removing/replacing the sideplate. It can be 'original' rather quickly. I shoot all of my older bolt actions and I like a scoped rifle for distance shooting.... Mosin PU, Swede M 41 B, Jap Type 97, etc. Th...