I am in the midst of writing a biography of Willard Milton Farrow (1848-1934), about the best of the old time black powder long range and also offhand 200 yard target shooters.  In the late 1890s, he dropped black powder and lead bullets and took up the Krag.  He was a Lt., Inspector of Rifle Practice for the DC National Guard.  At age 53, he won a place on the American team, shooting against the Irish team.  The rules said you had to use the national rifle of your country, so the Americans shot Krags (probably worked over by some pretty good gunsmiths, including Farrow) but with something close to GI sights.  The match was 15 shots at each of 800, 900 & 1000 yard stages.  A perfect score for an 8-man team was 1800 points.  The Irish did not use the Lee-Metford.  Instead, they showed up with Steyr-actioned 1893 Mannlichers in ".256 Mannlicher" = 6.5 mm Dutch.  The Irish won, 1620 to 1609.  Any position was OK.  Here is one of the Irish rifles.  The guys with their Krags did darn well!

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