Feeding the Krag

[boomer656]

Thank you both for your idea's on this. I think my next step will be to put one cartridge in and try to verify if it's hanging up on the front or the rear. I'll then add a second cartridge and see how the alignment of the top cartridge changes.

I didn't see any 220 grain ammo commercially available - just 180 grain Winchester and Remington. Hornady didn't have any 220 grain listed currently. I did, on deeper search, find two providers (Black Dog and Ventura Heritage) I'm unfamiliar with that offer 220 grain at premium prices.

If I become convinced that the problem is overall length, I'll probably 'live with it' as I don't plan on doing anything other than range shooting with this rifle. If it looks like it's a mechanical problem, I'll be more inclined to try to solve it.

Again, thank you both for your thoughts.

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[browningautorifle]

220 grain ammo commercially available

No, you'll have to load it yourself...or find some older factory for control ammo... I was lucky enough to have a box of several hundred factory ball come to me at a point...so...that's how I had the chance to figure that one out. It's cartridge length and the profile of the bullet steers the cartridge out.

[boomer656]

No, you'll have to load it yourself...or find some older factory for control ammo... I was lucky enough to have a box of several hundred factory ball come to me at a point...so...that's how I had the chance to figure that one out. It's cartridge length and the profile of the bullet steers the cartridge out.

I did find two smaller businesses here in the US that sell their own 220 grain loads - Black Dog Ammunition and Ventura Munitions. If I was going to use this for something other than a 'fun gun', and gave up on trying to fix the feed problem, I'd probably give one of those a try.

[rcathey]

Again, thank you both for your thoughts.

Always a pleasure to talk about Krags. I think they’re my favorite US firearm to fiddle with.
Of course, if I could find Garands for $350 in every other gun store, I’d probably like them the best too haha.