I just picked up my first Krag last week (an M1892 rifle made in 1894) and had a quick question regarding front sight blade heights. The rifle in question has a sporterized stock but retains it's full length barrel and has been updated to M1896 standards with an M1896 rear sight. It had an after market small front sight blade on it that was shorter than  the .283 1896 front sight blade that should be on it so I made a .413 high sight blade to replace it. My understanding is that an M1896 sight arrangement was zeroed at 300 yards so I figured the taller M1898 front sight blade would bring the zero down to the 200-250 yards that I'm looking for.

I took it out shooting this weekend and at 50 yards the rifle printed 6.5" high (but centered for windage). I then shot out to 200 yards and it ended up shooting about 3-5 feet short. I ramped the sight to about the 500 yard and it would then hit a steel torso sized target at that range.

I was shooting Remington and Winchester commercial ammo and both types of rounds achieved the same results.

What height front sight blade would I need to zero an M1896 rear sight to 200 yards (with the ramp full down)? I plan to shoot a 220 grain projectile with 40 grains of H4350 to replicate the original spec Krag cartridge.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Stretch