We took it to the range one afternoon and at 50 yards it shot about half inch.
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I gave him 2 boxes of early 60's vintage (?) Winchester 220 grain Silver tip loads asking only that he return the boxes for me to display. The bore looked horrible but I brushed it out and then used some JB Bore Paste to get the remaining crud out of the edges of the lands. The Inspector's cartouche was still plainly visible in the wood and the dirt and rust sprinkles literally wiped off. HE had it shipped home and since I seem to be the resident Krag Guy in my area, he brought it to me for inspection. A good friend who had admired my Krags, was on a trip and found a dirty, rust sprinkled rifle on the shelf at a gun shop. Two weeks ago I was presented a rifle identical to yours, including the replacement front sight blade. Neidner) None of my Krags have seen a jacketed bullet while in my possession. One I purchased with a custom 30-40 barrel in place and the other had a ruined bore and so I rebarreled it to 25 Krag, one of the first wildcats using the Krag action. I could easily tease MOA with my young, perfect eyes.
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Loaded over Unique powder it was eye-sight capable. He kept his rifle spotlessly clean and it was deadly accurate with these bullets sized to. His was purchased from the US government in the Great Depression for $2 (if I'm recalling correctly) and with it he got 40 rounds of 'full patch' 30 US Army ammunition.
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My first foray intocast bullet shooting at the tender age of 14 was using a Krag Jorgensen rifle and the Lyman 311-299 gas check bullet, both owned by the grounds keeper at our local sportsman club. I currently own three KJ's but have owned a dozen more in the past.