Krag Collectors Association Forum

I really hadn't looked at the Hornady 125s lately BR. Interesting new (to me) profile on product 30192. That's very close to what I swaged the HP profile of some 140gr Nosler match bullets down to in order to make them a bit more Krag friendly up the feed ramp. I used a Lyman 329 top punch. Those Ho...

I've got one broke like that. It looked to me like a machinist that knew what he what was doing could enlarge it, maybe fit a brass bearing in the right place, but maybe not. It'd be a good for a 2rd conversion.

They fed through my 92/96 rifles set at an OAL of 3.10". Pretty good actually. That didn't leave a whole lot of the bullet shank in the case mouth. When I started shooting the BD loads the ogives were touching the rifling in the throat of the rifle I was using, one with what appeared to be an practi...

I've got some good groups with Hornady's .310 diameter 123gr V-max bullet. Good enough that I shot them at Camp Perry once with a load that was maybe producing around 2500fps. I need to experiment more with them, the data above will help as I see some powders that I have on hand. The load I used at ...

Strippers, I like strippers. Clip can be used elsewhere for sure. I changed it above, Watch how you load your strippers! A bit better. Nothing wrong with charger either. I like that much better for the Krag loading device. I still like the thought of spritzing the rounds in!

I haven't been there in awhile, I'll have to check it out. Seems about all webpages change at once! Nearly so anyway. I think at some point I'll become like mom. Now my mom was a smart cookie and kept her wits about her a long time, unlike my ALS/Alzheimer's father. But even she got to a point that ...

Watch how you load your strippers. There was a fellow on my firing point a few years back shooting an SMLE. First five rapid fire went fine, second five weren't in the stripper right and the rifle experienced a case of rimlock. He was not a happy shooter! I noticed your mention of chargers rather th...

I think I have enough of those 284s cast of hard alloy loaded that I'd have some to experiment with and use in some future Roosevelt match if the results are good and if there's ever another match. First, a chronograph. I've put the parkerized split band back on my 92/96 after detecting a little pla...

There is moisture in powder that can evaporate over time. I pulled a 50BMG round that my little ball turret gunner of an uncle brought home from gunnery school during WWII. The round had been in grandma's knicknack cabinet for 65yrs. The powder was very dry, some had turned to dust. The brass case w...

I've seen others with the mounting holes drilled forward. I have one of them. The front pair go all the way through the receiver ring. I haven't done much with it, someday it'll be a cast bullet benchrest rifle. I have a heavy contour Wilson barrel fitted to it. Anyway, as noted I have seen others p...