Custom 1898 Krag Target Rifle

[Calif-Steve]

It is a Target Rifle in a hunting stock?? It is a little off-beat in my opinion. Not a cheap at all, but what did they end up with? Hunting from a stand, I'll guess. Hardly used, as well. Somebody had it custom built then likely had a heart attack or died. Looks hardly used.

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[browningautorifle]

It is a Target Rifle in a hunting stock??

That looks about right. I don't think it was for hunting at all though. This is typical of target rifles, the bedding and specifically the sights set up...trigger...sure, it would be fine for hunting. You'd be able to guarantee your shot placement.

[cprher]

Here are a few quick pics of my target rifle with the Redfield 3200 mounted. I only had time for three 4-shot groups with three different loads: 175, 180 and 190 Sierra Match King. The 190 shot nice 1.25" cluster at 200 yards. It was loaded over 40.5 grains of IMR4350 and ignited with a CCI200 primer. The 180 shot a little over 2" and the 175 vertically strung the group over 4". The chrono showed that the 190 load averaged 2052 fps out of the 26" barrel, with an SD of 23 and an ES of 57.







Keith

[cprher]

It is a Target Rifle in a hunting stock?? It is a little off-beat in my opinion. Not a cheap at all, but what did they end up with? Hunting from a stand, I'll guess. Hardly used, as well. Somebody had it custom built then likely had a heart attack or died. Looks hardly used.

The look of the stock is a bit deceptive. The gun is comfortable in the prone position when using the iron sights, and from the bench when using the scope. The slope of the cheek piece is what makes it work. In prone when your head is forward and closer to the iron sights, the head is also lower, lining up perfectly with the iron sights. But when shooting from the bench, the head is further back, and because the cheek piece is higher at the rear, the head now lines up nicely with the scope. Whoever came up with this design had to be a serious shooter. The grip is very comfortable, and the forearm, while slim, fills the hand nicely when in a prone position.
Keith

[cprher]

Shot the 190 SMK load at 300 yards this time with the following results:



One thing I noticed was the scope rings need to be kept snug to the bases. They'll loosen after a few shots and then everything goes wonky.

Keith

[browningautorifle]

One thing I noticed was the scope rings need to be kept snug to the bases.

That's right. Still, I'd love to squeeze a few with that one.