Shooting the Krag .22 Gallery Rifle

[Cat Man]

We took our Model 1896 Krag with Stevens Pope .22 Cal barrel to the last outdoor 100 yard .22 match of the season. She turned a few heads.

We fire from the prone at 100 Yards on the reduced Palma Match target. First time I have fired this rifle at 100 Yards. Used the tiny flip up peep sight. Pretty good group with iron sights. The 02 rear sight is very sensitive to adjustment for elevation changes. The slightest adjustment - changes the bullet strike more than the size of the 5 Inch bulls eye.

Note the Ordnance Bomb mark on the barrel at the right of the lettering. Fun to shoot. With ear plugs in, the striker falling makes more mechanical noise than the bullet report.

Cat Man

[psteinmayer]

That is awesome! Even at .22 cal, the Krag is still an incredible rifle, capable of producing very accurate results.

Thanks so much for sharing.

[reincarnated]

Two things: Other than a big congratulations. First, AFAIK, the Ordnance Bomb mark is very uncommon. After 1904, conversion of a service Krag to any non-standard condition was verboten, per the Chief of Ordnance. The use of federal Ordnance funds to purchase the barrels would get someone in hot water. Again AFAIK, that was not authorized. Putting the OB stamp on a piece of state guard property or on a privately purchased barrel would also have been in poor taste.

Secondly, fitting a "no drill" receiver sight (by removing the cutoff) will not harm the originality (because it can be removed) but should do a lot to improve accuracy.