Warmer weather coming

[kj47]

Weather getting better, Time to dig out the carbine 1896 with 1899 updates 1901 rear sight. Nice bore, should shoot good.

[jon_norstog]

Sounds close to what my first Krag was ... it would shoot closer than I could hold it. And you can get a pretty fine hold with the peep aperature on the 1901 sight.

Good luck!

jn

[kj47]

Thanks Jon, p[an on going next week, have some 180gr rem corelok {6 boxes} some reloads also that I picked up at a gun show last year. Will pull these apart for the cases and bullets. Will give a range report.

[jon_norstog]

Check out the primer flattening on those green box loads! None of the so-called max loads in the loading books leave the primers with that hard-edge look. The factory 180s are a damn good hunting load. I've had good luck with lighter loads for target shooting, and some of the guys on this list have gotten god results using cast bullets, wheel-weight metal.

jn