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Reloading
30-40 krag load data
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<blockquote data-quote="Thescandinavian" data-source="post: 1960930" data-attributes="member: 107409"><p>Fired the 30-40 for the first time. Nervous so did not even try to hit anything. </p><p>37grains of N160 that gave a lot of smoke.</p><p>30grains of N540 that felt good. </p><p></p><p>4 problems. </p><p>The last cartrige in the magazine wont feed. The first ones cycle just fine. </p><p>I cant find the lands so I gues it is really worn out. </p><p>If I put a bullet trough the muzzle it drops half way in so again I think it is worn out. </p><p>I cant use the bolt handle to reload and have to manually pull the fieringpin backwards and operate the safety go be able to lift the bolt handle again.</p><p></p><p>I think something is worn or lost tention in the magazine mechanism that prevent the cartriges to be pushed hard enough into the action. </p><p></p><p>I know there used to me a gunsmith here that would drill out old krag barrels to either increase bullet diameter or drill out enough to insert a new thin barrel with new rifling.</p><p></p><p>No idea whats up with the bolt. If it is something I do wrong of if worn out mechanism. </p><p></p><p>Any ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thescandinavian, post: 1960930, member: 107409"] Fired the 30-40 for the first time. Nervous so did not even try to hit anything. 37grains of N160 that gave a lot of smoke. 30grains of N540 that felt good. 4 problems. The last cartrige in the magazine wont feed. The first ones cycle just fine. I cant find the lands so I gues it is really worn out. If I put a bullet trough the muzzle it drops half way in so again I think it is worn out. I cant use the bolt handle to reload and have to manually pull the fieringpin backwards and operate the safety go be able to lift the bolt handle again. I think something is worn or lost tention in the magazine mechanism that prevent the cartriges to be pushed hard enough into the action. I know there used to me a gunsmith here that would drill out old krag barrels to either increase bullet diameter or drill out enough to insert a new thin barrel with new rifling. No idea whats up with the bolt. If it is something I do wrong of if worn out mechanism. Any ideas? [/QUOTE]
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