Oldtrooper Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 I have a plethora of rifles to choose from for hunting purposes. After sighing them all in before the deer season I selected my 122 year old Krag NRA carbine to tote to the woods ... It shot dead on at 200 yards during sight in with consistency. First day in the woods it dropped a nice mature 8 point buck with one shot right through the boiler at roughly 100 yards ... American made when they made 'em right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Those shoot a .30-06 round don't they? Would love to have one of those, never looked for one but I imagine nice ones are pretty hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Those shoot a .30-06 round don't they? Would love to have one of those, never looked for one but I imagine nice ones are pretty hard to find. 30-40 Krag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Those shoot a .30-06 round don't they? Would love to have one of those, never looked for one but I imagine nice ones are pretty hard to find. 30-40 Krag.Yes, I'm aware that's the original caliber that they were made for but I thought most of them were later converted to accept the more common .30-06. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Those shoot a .30-06 round don't they? Would love to have one of those, never looked for one but I imagine nice ones are pretty hard to find. 30-40 Krag.Yes, I'm aware that's the original caliber that they were made for but I thought most of them were later converted to accept the more common .30-06.I've never seen one in anything except for 30-40 Krag ... I don't think the magazine would be long enough for a 30-06. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 There would probably be pressure issues as well.The Krag operates at around 40KSI, when Ordnance brought out a new load which upped the pressure to 45KSI they started cracking bolt lugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Oldtrooper,Congratulations on your successful deer hunt.The Krag carbine and the M1 carbine are two military firearms that are perfect for civilian use without modification.I recently bought a Krag carbine and its one slick handling rifle.Jim CPS you forgot to include pics of the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted December 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Oldtrooper,Congratulations on your successful deer hunt.The Krag carbine and the M1 carbine are two military firearms that are perfect for civilian use without modification.I recently bought a Krag carbine and its one slick handling rifle.Jim CPS you forgot to include pics of the buck.Jim ... Here he is ... Thanks. Good thing I harvested him quickly ... At pushing 70 it isn't as fun to sit out in the cold as it used to be, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 OT,Really nice buck.Did you ever try a pop up blind and a small propane heater? It will make you feel young again.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted December 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 OT,Really nice buck.Did you ever try a pop up blind and a small propane heater? It will make you feel young again.Jim CActually, that is exactly what I was hunting out of with a propane heater ... The cold gets to my arthritis in my left shoulder eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmdrake71 Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) you wouldn't want to convert a 30-40 Krag to 30-06. besides the headaches of rebarreling, modifying the bolt for a rimless cartridge and stretching the magazine well out for the longer round, there is a major issue in that the bolt only has one locking lug and can't handle the much higher pressure of the 30-06. one day if you aren't lucky, the lug would crack or shear completely and potentially send bolt the right back into your forehead... BruceThat said....There are several wildcats off the Krag cartridge that have been made and used in the past (22 Krag, 6mm Krag, 25 Krag, 7mm Krag, 8mm Krag) that keep the pressures down while giving the options to shoot something other than 30-40 Krag if you desire. Edited December 8, 2020 by bmdrake71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Krags have the smoothest bolt Ive ever felt. Ive got two. A 1896 carbine and a 1898 rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Krags have the smoothest bolt Ive ever felt. Ive got two. A 1896 carbine and a 1898 rifle.Yes, they do...I also have a family Krag Carbine. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiz Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Love my Krag as well even though I gave up hunting some time ago it is still a favorite rifle of mine. Just something about it. Maybe it's the "lunch box" magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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