Stewart,

Wait a second - this is turning into a discussion of angels and pinhead dancing.

Any 100+ year-old mechanical contraption that will repeatedly endure explosions generating up to 45000psi is not "weak", OK?

What I am saying is that - IMHO - the Krag design, if ranked impartially among all other bolt actions, would not be at, or near, the top of the list.

As you say, all designs have their limitations, but not all readers are as informed as yourself, and to imply that the Krag is a "strong" action is, I believe, potentially misleading to the novice.

Interestingly enough, I understand that one of the hardest (older/milsurp) actions to destroy is the 6.5 Japanese Arisaka.