Originally Posted by kaywoodie
Originally Posted by 22250rem
The 30-40 Krag always fascinated me but so far I've never owned one. Part of my interest in it has been from all my 303 British loading and shooting over the last 25 years and the similarities of these two cartridges. Perusing this thread reminded me of an old Elmer Keith quote where he stated that, "The old Krag hits hard". Can't recall where I read it or who was the author quoting Elmer but this interesting thread brought it back to me.


Ain’t nothing wrong with the.303 Brit ctg either

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Kaywoodie, those are some mighty fine rifles and that buck with the dark antlers really look good to me.

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