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Those new Nosler 220 grain "Ballistic Tips" Round nose bullets designed for the 300 Blackout, ought to be something to give a try in a 30/40 Krag....
If you don't get around to it Trav, I'll have to dust off my Krag and give them a whirl.
Then designed for opening up at low speed, ought to work in a Krag real well.
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Yeah. They look pretty slick. Hopefully they have the same POI as the Hornady's.
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Trav,
curiosity... why are you picking the 220 RN over the 180 RN?
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I know where there's a dandy matched-number Swede at a good price. Better take a nap and try to forget about it.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Trav,
curiosity... why are you picking the 220 RN over the 180 RN? I'm hoping it makes my dick bigger. Dave
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Nice gun, where'd you find it?
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Shrapnel's house.
If he asks about me, tell him I'm dead. Again.
Thanks, Travis
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Trav,
curiosity... why are you picking the 220 RN over the 180 RN? I'm hoping it makes my dick bigger. Dave That's kinda what I was thinking, but I didn't want to just Assume... Just FYI, in case you need it...if the 220s don't work... I've got a box or two of the old Barnes Original in 30 caliber... 250 Grain RN... Years and Years ago, I had a couple of boxes of them... Gave two of them to a guy named John Holmes... he was some guy in some sort of B Movies or something like that.. or so he said...
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Trav,
curiosity... why are you picking the 220 RN over the 180 RN? I'm hoping it makes my dick bigger. Dave Hasn't worked for me yet, but I'm old. Still trying tho! Love da 220's! Mebbe someday Shrap called me about that Krag! Glad you got it!!
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K-Dub,
How do you adjust for windage on the 1896 type site?
Hammer?
Dave
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I didn't think that rear sight was windage adjustable. The similar sight that Winchester put on their 1895 SRC's were windage adjustable by moving the rear sight grove the desired direction by loosening the two screws and adjusting by hand in rear sight ladder. I don't think the 1896 Krag sight had this option.
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No windage adjustment on a '96. They were generally so well made that everything lined up pretty well right out of the chute. The couple I had over the years shot pretty dammed close to center, such that I didn't worry about it. I do know of guys who substituted M1898, 1899,1901 sights (all of which are adjustable for windage) onto their '96's- same screw hole patterns- and kept the original '96 sights for posterity should they wanted to put the guns back to originality. The possible bugabear in doing that may mean different handguards too, as they changed as the sights changed.
An alternative approach, which I did on two of my cut-down sporters, is to remove the barrel rear sight and substitute either a Pacific or Redfield No-Drill receiver sight, both of which work slickly (I did one of each). The Rice peep sight which mounted on the bolt sleeve was another no-drill option. All of those sights are things of the past but still turn up on ebay with frequency and aren't in the stratosphere price-wise, yet. I went with the Cadillac of Krag receiver sights, the Lyman 48K, on my current sporter- but that's not necessarily an option for an original military Krag as it requires two holes to be drilled and tapped in the receiver.
You're only about the 2 millionth person to contemplate Krag sighting issues over the last 120 years. An honorable club to belong to!
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I have a Redfield no drill receiver sight (#70 I believe) on one of my Krag Sporters. The magazine cut-off will have to be modified in order to fit sight and have rounds feed properly. Many folks simply removed the mag cut-off when fitting the sight. The cut-off needs to remain in the rifle else the nose of most soft point cartridges will hang on chamber ramp step while trying to feed. The cut-off tip gives The cartridge the little lift it needs to clear over the step.
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Interesting.
I have no desire to change anything on this rifle. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't retarded, and that it was in fact not adjustable for windage. Grin...
Groups very well but definitely left.
Dave
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So the rifle is a democRAT! Being a leftist...
Bad JuJu...
But you can work on Kentucky ( or is that Montucky) windage skills.
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Methinks jugs of water and deer will die.
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I wanted to thank everybody for their help with this. Especially 10at6 for the BT recommendation and shrap for selling it to me. I ended up crawling through the snow and getting within 150-175yds of this small buck. He was bedded and I put the first one right through his heart. Worked the bolt and had another one chambered when I saw him getting real sick but still on his feet. I held and let another fly and that was it. Double lunged him and he piled up. Those 220's make one helluva WHOMP when they hit home. Holy cow. Not much left of the BT on the offside shoulder. Broke holy hell out of everything in its path though. Other one exited. These were going right around 1,900fps. 34gr's of IMR 4064. Thanks again, Travis
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Well Done, Skip!!! Good shootin'
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Hey hey Holy Cow must be time for the 7th inning stretch! Ah 1 ah2 ah... Take me out to da deer hunt If i don't get a deer its a shame for its 1 two BT's you're out at the old deer hunt... 'grats on the gun and the deer
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Thanks fellas!
Back out for some more death today. That thing is a joy to carry in the field.
Travis
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