I haven't been without a Krag in some form since 1968 at age 15 when I bought a M1896 Cavalry Carbine, for $40. Killed a few deer with Krags over the years, nothing recently though. Most of my Krag usage has been with 220grain cast RN bullets at the old Army standard of 2000fps. Deer killed with it were dead enough to cook and eat.

Coincidentally I'm loading a batch of Krag ammo with 155 grain soft cast plain base RN plinkers for some fun this Sunday. 6.0grains of Red Dot will complete them. More fun than enough!

The current Krag, whose stock I finished up this past summer, haven't hunted with it yet. I promised myself to rust blue the metalwork this winter, haven't gotten around to it yet:

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Why no checkering on the forearm? It's there, only on the bottom side.
Lyman 48 rear sight waiting impatiently to be installed too.

Last edited by gnoahhh; 01/27/23.
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