Krag Collectors Association Forum

The man I got mine from said he had had it for 20 years and that the man he bought it from from was 94 years old told him that this rifle was done by a very well known smith from back in the1920's<br />And from every thing I've looked at on my rifle he was telling me the truth. My trigger is sweet b...

Wow SAWEET!!! Nice rifle. Have you spanked some guys using their modern bolt guns??
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Mmm maybe some you can find that are thrown together for $250.00. But like the rest if there done right and there are lots of pictures at all angles and a good bore $500.00 and then some for these rifles. I know I been looking at them for 4 or more months. <br />They were selling these guns to the p...

my sight in target i saved it but it just kept shooting groups like the top one the rest of my time shooting. i'm pumped for deer season!!!<br />SB<br /><a href='http://s3.photobucket.com/user/savagebrother/media/krag%20tarrget_zpsipallcl2.jpg.html'><IMG src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/sav...

thanks guys, i have to admit i have been looking more for a sportorized because the eyes just aint what they use to be.<br />and yes he did and yes it shoots really good. as soon as i get a chance ill download a pic of the target i shot on with remington factory loads with 180 grain pointed soft poi...

The krag rifles have a long throat meaning free bore that has no rifling. This space causes the two pressure spikes in a pressure reading. So a rifles ability to hold a given pressure for a given amount of time. Time being the key measure here. The bullet jumps the lead or throat of the chamber to t...

With just the 209 primer!!! Well we realized that the moment of ignition our chamber, the space between the saboted bullet and the breech plug was growing as the bullet began to move. Now right off we found we needed a very tight fitting sabot. If you load smokeless powder load with a loose or light...

Hey guys your right about slow powders and over pressures with mild or light loads. <br />Do you guys remember when savage came out wth there smokeless muzzle loaders??? <br />Well I got two of the original or ML1 which used a module to hold the 209 primer used for ignition, I knew savages PR guy at...

Here's my krag<br />As you can see by these pics from off of gunbroker it's been done right. <br /><a href='http://s3.photobucket.com/user/savagebrother/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/2016-02/0DB12ED1-00EF-48F7-8B2B-C6AC05E003BC_zpsvldcfmvv.jpg.html'><IMG src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/sa...

Hi everyone just joined and also finally just bought my first krag. <br />It's a professionally done sportorized krag. <br />I just got to shoot it yesterday!!! Man I'm hooked it's going to wva this fall for some whitetail hunting!! The man I bought it from in Va. Had had it for 20 years and was ver...