Did someone say 35 Krag?

by JohnKDM, Monday, November 25, 2024, 19:54 (26 days ago) @ Hoot

This 30-40 sporter Krag belonged to Terry M. Obtained it after his passing. I already had a nice 30-40 sporter, but this one was Terry's - he always wanted to shoot my Krag at the Holiday, so I could not resist.

Unfortunately, the bore was too far gone on his. I could've rebarreled, but wanting to keep it as Terry owned it, I turned to JES to rebore it to 35 Krag, which had always held my interest.

It is quite nice. After the barrel came back, everything was rust blued and the stock refinished. Dialed in a Lee 30-40 size die in the lathe and opened the neck to to suit. Works fine.

Still working on loads, but it shoots a 280gr PP pretty well and gives just under 2000fps. Also likes the 200gr Remington PSP Corelokt. Killed one deer with it, using a 310gr lead slug that Jared sent me to try. I think he intended that bullet for a 35 Whelan.

Y'all ought to leave all those weird cartridges alone - just buy yerself '06 and be happy.

(And then tell me where to find the oddballs...)

John K.