Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Any Experience with a 35 Krag?

I have a krag that isn't shooting like she used to I was looking at the Jes Rebore website and saw 35 Krag is an option. Anyone have any experience with it? What's your thoughts?

I don't have one but ran into a fellow many years ago who did one because he had a Krag with a sorry bore. He had it rebored to 35 Krag and shot the Hornady 250 grain round nose. He claimed it killed like a very big hammer. He took several moose, caribou and a few bears with it and had nothing but high praise for it.

Does your Krag have a bad bore or are there other issues. A rebore generally shoots as good as the original but it's not likely to fix a rifle that never shot well to start with. It is a good remedy for an otherwise good shooting rifle that has a bad bore. My 35 Whelen shot great as a 30-06 and shoots the same as a 35 Whelen.

JES will do a great job for you. He did a 375 Whelen for me a couple of years ago and it was only ten days from my door back to my door.

Yeah I shot the bore out I think, could you tell me about your 375 Whelen? That is cartridge I have always been interested in.

My 375 Whelen is a Sedgley Springfield that had a rough bore and would close on a 30-06 no go gauge. I had JES rebore it to 375.

I've done quite a bit of load development with 235, 270 and 300 grain bullets. I don't really see this rifle needing 300 grain bullets unless a guy wanted to fool around with cast bullets. It seems to like all the bullet weights fine, not really showing a preference for any particular weight over another.

I scored an big bunch of Hornady 270 grain round nose and can see that bullet being a great match with this cartridge. The 235 Speer and the 235 Barnes X both shot really well and would be great choices. I still need to do some work with the 250/260 grain bullets.

I have been getting 2300 fps with 300 grain bullets, 2400 with the 270's and 2600 with the 235 grain. Should run right at 2500 with the 250-260 grain bullets. I think the 260 Nosler Partition at 2500 would be a great load in this round. For the mono metal fans the 235 X at 2600 would be a solid performer.

It is a simple and economical rebore. Find a good used 270/30-06 (or any other long action .473 based rifle) with at least a muzzle diameter of .575 (Jes recommends at least .200" over bore diameter at the muzzle) and send it off to him. In a couple of weeks you'll have a 375 Whelen for way less than you would have into a new rebarrel. CH-4D has the dies for about $90 and brass is easy to make from 270, 280, 30-06 or 35 Whelen. I use LC Match brass, annealed and run through an expander die to 416 then sized in the FL die to fit the chamber.

Keep us posted on the 35 Krag. I like that idea.

Mart