Krag Collectors Association Forum

My parked Krag is going to need another barrel. I've managed to ring the chamber up in the neck, by using fillers with cast bullet loads. I was using Puf-Lon and I tamped some of it down in the case too hard on one load. I've read a lot of other posts about ringed Krag barrels on other boards. Steel...

I'm not going as far as you since I'm shooting in Vintage matches, but I did do a couple things to help the sight picture on my 92/96. First I increased the width of the front blade to .080" by putting a few wraps of aluminum tape around the blade and trimming the tape to the same height as the...

I could have some fun with the game wardens out there! Babbitts marked Genuine don't have lead in them and there's a host of other tin based babbitts that don't. I'd become a cast bullet hunter, especially considering the relatively low working pressure of the Krag. The burden of proof is on the pro...

Isn't that a younger Fred Ziffel, 4th from the left?

Or cases can be made from 45/90. Midway has Starline brand 45/90 in stock now. Dies? Check with CH4D.

I'll bet someone swapped that bolt body somewhere along the way. When it wouldn't work, they cut the front edge down thinking maybe that was the reason it wouldn't work. We were having some discussion about bolts being interchangeable here: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?199833-What-...

<r>Hmm, vertical line on the guide rib went away, must've been a reflection. Only cure now is a chamber reamer, one that has flutes on the rear that also cuts the rim seat into the breech face, like the one I have pictured. I'd think any 25-35 reamer would have them. As you know, you only need a lit...

I can't imagine anything getting out the door of R.F. Sedgeley's shop that wouldn't work. The others have you pointed in the right direction. Another possibility would be someone swapped the bolt body over the years before you got it, and didn't try it out afterwards. A bolt with a full width guide ...

Yes, not a Numrich barrel.

Does your barrel have a P proofmark? Reason I ask is Numrich has sold some Krag barrels in the past that had alignment problems. If yours has the proofmark, then that's not the case.