.22 Krag Barrel Data and Targets
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:02 pm
While Dick Hosmer is getting his .22 Krag running in another post and Waterman asked about Krag .22 barrel specs I thought I would do a little research.
I'm very fortunate to have three different .22 Krags in our collection. And today was inspection and range test day.
They include an 1898 Gallery Practice rifle, an 1896 with a Stevens Pope Barrel and a Norwegian Boys .22 training carbine.
It only took about 40 years to acquire them and each rifle has quite a story, but that's another post.
Measured the barrel twist, slugged the bores and confirmed the twist and number of grooves. Then fired a few target groups at 25 and 50 yards.
I'll post the targets and notes here and will answer questions as you guys pick at the notes. Overwise this will be a very long post.
Jeff the Caterpillar man
I'm very fortunate to have three different .22 Krags in our collection. And today was inspection and range test day.
They include an 1898 Gallery Practice rifle, an 1896 with a Stevens Pope Barrel and a Norwegian Boys .22 training carbine.
It only took about 40 years to acquire them and each rifle has quite a story, but that's another post.
Measured the barrel twist, slugged the bores and confirmed the twist and number of grooves. Then fired a few target groups at 25 and 50 yards.
I'll post the targets and notes here and will answer questions as you guys pick at the notes. Overwise this will be a very long post.
Jeff the Caterpillar man