Ouch - but probably a lot more fun than in an M1895 Winchester with that crescent buttplate!

Did you have any feeding problems? Head size is not the only issue which must be addressed to assure smooth and reliable feeding. I'm assuming you did it for hunting, possibly of "dangerous" game? Not the time to have a bullet nose hang up!

Another upsize for the sporting Krag is to go to a new .35 barrel. This will pretty much replicate .358 Winchester performance - much as the .30-40 produces almost the same ballistics as normal FACTORY .308 loads.

There once was a standard .35 Winchester (rimmed) cartridge, also made for the M1895, which was basically just a necked-up Krag.