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220's ROCK!!!!

The rifle is longer than you...........

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Very cool, Travis!

But don't you know that it's impossible to kill a deer that far away without a 6.5 Creedmoor equipped with a turret scope that's been dropped at least three times to make sure it shoots to the left?

Nice job with that old rifle Travis. Love a Krag.

Krags have always impressed me with their accuracy, and the smoothness of their actions. They (mine at least) is surprisingly accurate with all bullet's I've tried, but it really shines with various 220s.

My old sportorized krag (was great gramp's) has killed a few things somewhat recently...I really should get it out more often. It lives behind the seat of my pickup. This particular buck fell to a 180 Sierra of some sort. I hadn't planned on shooting a deer that day, and was just going up the mountain to plink and waste some of the random bullets I had laying around. I saw this guy and decided to put a stalk on him...once I got to 50-60 yards, I just couldn't NOT take him, especially with the easy downhill drag to a road.

Good show!

I got a Winchester 95 30 Army. It is pretty close to collector grade so I ain't shot it much.

I am chuffed you went the heavy slow route for your loads.

It is what was meant IMO.

Well done Travis.

Travis, great shot with that old .30-40.. Really cool rifles.. Very common when I was a kid.. Long time ago.. I could have bought a truck load for $15... My best friend’s grand father sold his in the early 80’s for $10 to a junk collector.. We were sick.. He figured he had a good deal .. He bought the rifle 60 years before for $10 and 1000 rds. of ammo..

T, very sharp Krag.. You have some cool stuff stashed away there.. The Hi power and the m 70 .270.. Nice stuff.

Yes sir...I have several random older rifles in my safe, both family heirlooms and others I have bought over the years. I try to take one out each year and shoot something relatively big with it...

T was the Hi power a buy or relative!! You had some awesome relatives!!

Bought it at the Missoula gun show 8 or so years ago...

I barely know/knew any of my relatives (both gramps and great gramps-who owned the pre-war Model 70 and the Krag died before I was born) but I am about the only one who hunts so the old guns came out of random closets and into my hands...

Kind of sad none hunt, BUT your good luck.. Enjoy and keep the photos coming..

If I posted a pic of one of those shrap wouldn't draw me any more maps!




Travis

I learned a new word. Thanks, angus.




Travis

Had to do an Eenie-Meenie between the Krag and your 29-2 each morning.... grin.




Travis

WCH,

I actually wanted a plain jane sporterized Krag. I just wanted one so I could have one of the actions because I always thought they were cool. When I asked shrapnel to keep an eye out he mentioned this one in the picture and the rest is history.

Lot of fun.



Travis

That's a neat rifle. Good shootin'.




Travis

You guys ever load up some really light plinking loads? Say 110 grainers? Or the heavies with some Trail Boss or similar?





Dave

I had one from 1899 that stupidly I let go. Best loads I had for it were with 150 gr Sierra's. I played with the 110's with it just for the giggle factor. Never took a deer with it though. I picked up one at a local gun show for $150 that has a severely buggered stock. Waiting on a carbine-length sporter stock to come to me that I got on flea-bay. All I have are some factory Remington loads to make empties out of. Still need to get dies etc to load them up. Might have to give the heavies a try in the old war-horse.