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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	My Favorite Krag! Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:30am	Print Post
	Since I'm new to this site, I thougt I would share some pictures and info on my favorite Krag Rifle.� Model 1898, S/N 132598.� My father gave this to me when he discovered that I simply LOVE the 30-40 Krag.� He received it from a friend who kept it under his bed (un-touched) for 50 years.� That man's father carried it home from France in 1918, where he used it in the Great War.� I have been shooting it semi-regularly for 20 some-odd years now.� I shot it most recently last saturday, where I consistantly shot 4 inch groups at 100 yards using reloads with 38.6 grains of IMR-4064 pushing a 165 grain Hornady soft point bullet.� The stock on this rifle is a little rough, and the cartouch is completely worn off, but other than that, it is all original, and has an imaculate bore!� By FAR the best shooting rifle I've ever had!!!


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:33am	Print Post
	Another View


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:35am	Print Post
	Another view


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Ned Butts KCA Forum Admin KCA Official Member Offline Krag enthusiast! Posts: 525 Location: western catskills NY Joined: Apr 1^st, 2002 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 10:14am	Print Post
	Nice rifle.


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #4 - Sep 3^rd, 2011 at 3:31am	Print Post
	Pretty similar to mine! Top one. Same sight and everything. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #5 - Sep 3^rd, 2011 at 1:38pm	Print Post
	Now, now, not everyone is a computer expert and owns many Krags. Play nice with the beginners.


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #6 - Sep 3^rd, 2011 at 8:39pm	Print Post
	No, I was genuinely interested in seeing his rifle. With images cropped to 250 pixels there isn't much chance of that. The sight reference was tongue in cheek as at the presented resolution his images are at it could be sporting Wrigley's Spearmint Gum in place of the rear sight and we'd never know. If somebody wishes to display their rifle cropping the image to 250 pixels makes it a pointless exercise.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 2:18am	Print Post
	I agree whole heartedly! I tried to place larger images and it wouldn't let me. I would be very happy to email you full size pictures if you would like them. I truly believe that the Krag is the most under-rated rifle in the world. My 1898 rifle is deadly accurate, out performing my (supposedly more accurate) M1 Garand! I wouldn't trade it for the world!


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #8 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 2:45am	Print Post
	My username at gmail.


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Ned Butts KCA Forum Admin KCA Official Member Offline Krag enthusiast! Posts: 525 Location: western catskills NY Joined: Apr 1^st, 2002 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #9 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 6:05pm	Print Post
	test I am a computer Neanderthal, but this picture seems big enough and is still well below the forum limits.....


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #10 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 7:40pm	Print Post
	Beautiful Rifle... Now I just gotta figure out how you re-sized that picture to 250 pixels without shrinking it to oblivion!


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #11 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 9:33pm	Print Post
	WTF is this 250 pixels business? People have successfully posted huge pictures here with no problem. I suspect it either has to do with the resolution being used on the camera, or the format of the picture file itself. Just play around until you get the right compromise - it'll come. Compare relative finished image sizes of the 88KB shot, with the 157KB one - at least 4X the size, but less than double the bytes - yet both are JPEGs. Something needs adjusting.


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Ned Butts KCA Forum Admin KCA Official Member Offline Krag enthusiast! Posts: 525 Location: western catskills NY Joined: Apr 1^st, 2002 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #12 - Sep 5^th, 2011 at 10:59pm	Print Post
	The 250 max is KB not sure about pixels


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #13 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 12:11am	Print Post
	OK, I've resized these pictures...� Lets see if this works.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: My Favorite Krag! Reply #14 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 12:12am	Print Post
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