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Post by cbrn warrant on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 10:46pm

Ok, I finally bought myself a 1898 Krag, made in 1904 today. I am so amazed with the quality of a rifle, which was made over 110 years ago. Now I need to find some ammo. Any suggestions? I will post pics in the near future, but need to wait for the wife to leave the house, since she does not know about my latest family member.

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Post by cjwils on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 11:53pm

Greetings: One source of commercial ammo that seems to be usually available is Bitterroot Valley. Several internet retailers sell it. Bitterroot makes good quality 30-40 ammo in 3 bullet weights. However, there is a problem with ALL commercial ammo that you may not know about yet. Some unaltered Krags will only feed round nosed bullets unless you do them one at a time, but round nosed ammo does not seem to be easily available unless you reload. You might buy one box of commercial ammo with pointed bullets and see if they feed.

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Post by Kirk on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 12:49am

Two other options:

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Post by Brian Carp on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:50pm

I've had good results (feeding and accuracy) with this ammo:
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Post by cbrn warrant on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 1:02am

Thanks for the information. I am looking forward to taking my "new" rifle to the range very soon. Will post pics soon, since I have questions about a few of the markings on the stock.