Gentlemen,
Your response to my question has been very gratifying to me, and I have down loaded all of your responses. There is only one gun shop in my area, the rest are nearly a hundred miles, so powder is somewhat difficult to obtain.
I don't know if I should start a new question, but since I have you attention here goes.  On both of my new Krags, I noticed that the magazine boxes on both guns are quite difficult to open.  Is it because there were used very little?  The chamber one both show almost no use.  Bright bluing.
Your comments would again be much appreciated.

1azmilitia