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- Mon May 22, 2023 9:19 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: CCI Large Rifle BR-2 Primers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1636
Re: CCI Large Rifle BR-2 Primers
Swiped someone else's answer to the same question. It's over 10yrs old. "Rumor has it, and I *don't* have this on good authority but seems I've read/heard this from several different sources....that the difference between a CCI200 and CCI BR2 is which employee is overseeing the machine while th...
- Sat May 06, 2023 9:18 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: The Famous Krag Cast Bullet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1610
Re: The Famous Krag Cast Bullet
Mt first 30 caliber mold also, but the NOE version that has a .302 bore rider for those slightly oversized Krag bores. At the time I bought it a lot of people were complaining about undersize Lyman molds. Shoots good, I wouldn't be afraid to shoot a match with some of the better loads. Always reliab...
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:46 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: There I was...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3315
Re: There I was...
That is a very big flash hole in those cases. I've experimented some with changing the diameter of flash holes, bigger ones do cause more primer flattening with all other variables the same.
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:31 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: .30 Purdey Flanged in a US Krag
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1381
Re: .30 Purdey Flanged in a US Krag
Back in the 90s I found George Nonte's book on case conversions at my local university's library. I noticed the dimensions the 30-40 and Purdey shared. I think one can get a 150gr going 2700fps out of a Krag w/o too much pressure, with the right powder, somewhere in the 4350 burn rate, but not as sl...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Restore it or Leave it.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1296
Re: Restore it or Leave it.
It'd be tough to find a piece to match that Italian walnut in order to fabricate the rest of the forearm. I had one made of European walnut that's still around somewhere and I have a few sample pieces of European walnut that the vendor sent me. None wide enough. I noticed that Japanese Type I rifles...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
- Topic: Newbie with butchered Krag
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1900
Re: Newbie with butchered Krag
After you cleaned the finish off I immediately noticed the cut ahead of the magazine gate. I wondered what it was and now see the S&K mount.
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:49 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: There I was...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3315
Re: There I was...
It's pretty common with the K31 to accidentally stuff the bullet into the nigh nonexistant throat. I went with bullets that are of a secant ogive design. The Sierra Tipped Matchkings can be seated out to max magazine length but tangent ogive bullets like Nosler Custom Competitions or regular Matchki...
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:38 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Reloader 19 in 30-40 Rifle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3387
Re: Reloader 19 in 30-40 Rifle
I've used RL19 quite a bit, there used to be some data on the Swiss Rifles website. There was a section of Krag loads useful for the 1889 Swiss rifle, a few with RL19. RL19 will get up to pressure with a 150gr bullet, 4831 will not do that without some major compression. It is very much like 4350 in...
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: U.S. Military Krags
- Topic: What is this bolt attachment?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1095
Re: What is this bolt attachment?
Yea, a gun magazine reader that wanted as much protection from the gases as the Mauser or Arisaka rifles he had read about. Might have been a fellow caught a bit of gas blast at one time and didn't want anymore, but didn't wish to stop shooting either.
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:33 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Greek Ammo Question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1535
Re: Greek Ammo Question
I'd steel wool clean a few, fire them, then reinspect. Then they can become the first ones you use up.