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That is a beautiful piece of function art SDH - thank you for sharing! PennDog
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That side lever is a really nice looking build. Thank you for sharing.
I used to only shoot shotguns and rimfires, then I made the mistake of getting a subscription to handloader.......
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Stephen, that No.3 is the finest I've ever seen!
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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I like the cartridge but not the military rifle. I keep thinking I'll lose a finger when that magazine door snaps shut. Worse recoil I ever felt was a Win 95 saddle ring carbine in 30-40. That buttstock sure didn't agree with me. 444 and 45-70 Marlins were mild in comparison. Bruce
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Best cartridge ever!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I have 3 or 4 Krag-Jorgensons somewhere around here too.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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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
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I also am a big fan of the Model 95 Winchester and rue the day I sold my Special Order 24" barrel, .30 US, red Winchester padded M-95.
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I saw a Winchester 1885 trapper in 30-40 Krag with a 16" barrel recently. No thank you........
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_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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For those without thumbs, it's s Garden fookin Island, not Hawaii
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Never found a Krag that had a good enough barrel to make me buy it. Looked at alot of them but still haven't bit. Some really nice Krags on this thread. Springfield 03's and 03A3 sporters get more action from me can allways load to 30-40 level if I want to. Again some really nice rifles chambered for the 30-40 on this thread..mb
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Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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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 Kaywoodie, those are some mighty fine rifles and that buck with the dark antlers really look good to me.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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The .30-40 cartridge just seems to be a great cartridge for a custom rifle - although Mr. Hughes can make anything look like a piece of art!!
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I restored one [non invasive scope mount] and sporterized one to 25 Krag Ackley. The reality of 43 kpsi max average pressure for that action caused me to not hunt with it. I did shoot a buck with a mosin in 25 krag ackley, but that was at 65kpsi.
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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 Kaywoodie, those are some mighty fine rifles and that buck with the dark antlers really look good to me. Thanks ol’ buddy!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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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 Kaywoodie, those are some mighty fine rifles and that buck with the dark antlers really look good to me. Hunted with that 303s twin this year. No deer to show for it, it was nice to get it out into the woods, though.
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I have a 30-40, a Lone Star rolling block. It's now my only "high power" rifle cartridge, although I load it down to the original sporting rifle specs of a 220 gn RN at 2000 fps from my 30" barrel. I've never hunted with it. I'm moving towards pistol length rifle cartridges, and when my jars of 4895 empty, I'll likely sell the rifle. Time will tell.
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