Well the match went off without any hitches. The Krag shot ok, I think. Nothing to write home about but she worked fine all things considered. I didn't really know what to expect so I don't know whether to be elated or bury my head in shame. Bottom line, each string was 20 rounds prone, slow fire with a possible of 200-20. I shot her in 2 of the 3 strings. First string we shot a 99-1. Second string was a 85-0, but by then the wind was blowing at a good clip at 90* to line of flight. A lot of the shots were landing short of the target or wide due to the wind. I was using the "V" notch as target acquisition with the peep was proving difficult at best.
I was shooting the Hornady A Max 168 gr bullet over 38.0 grs of IMR4895. I'm thinking the bearing surface of the bullet, combined with the boat tail probably isn't the ideal bullet for the rifle. There's another match next month on the 29th. I'm going to try a heavier, longer bullet in the 200 gr range and see if that helps any. I certainly can't do any worse.
Maybe I'm just expecting too much of the old gal. She certainly was quite the conversation piece mixed in amongst all the modern black rifles and F class shooters.
Jon