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General >> Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc >> 30/40 Krag reloading? http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1435439852 Message started by S.B. on Jun 27^th, 2015 at 9:17pm

Title: Re: 30/40 Krag reloading?
Post by reincarnated on Jul 5^th, 2015 at 9:02pm

I tried the 42.5 grain load and cracked the lug on my 1896 bolt somewhere during two 5-shot strings. That is the level of velocity & pressure that caused the highest velocity military ammunition to be withdrawn from service.