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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #15 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 12:36pm	Print Post
	I'm planning on revisiting my loads over the winter. My intention is to try to move to H4895 with the 220 gr RN Hornady bullet. It would end the expulsion of unburnt powder from the muzzle (as with IMR-4350), while hopefully tightening up my groups a little. I'd like to pare down the types of powder I keep on hand, and I use H4895 in several other rounds.


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #16 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 1:53pm	Print Post
	But, Paul, it's always so exciting and comforting to see that huge fireball blast from the muzzle of the firearm when you are using a slower burning powder. Just makes you tingle inside, doesn't it??


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Capt. Frank KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 153 Location: Dover, Delaware Joined: Jun 13^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #17 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	let us know how the H4350 does, I am going to try that myself. The H 4350 shoots much better than the IMR in 6.5 caliber.


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Olpeddler KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 14 Joined: Nov 16^th, 2019	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #18 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 8:48pm	Print Post
	Hello again from central Massachusetts, sight of the first Thanksgiving, 398 years ago. Google that and see what the Pilgrims and Native American ate... it was quite a spread ! Yesterday. my son and I went to the range to test the 3 new recipes of slower powders for my 180 gr RN leads. Those recipes are listed in Reply #7 above. The results were encouraging in that all 3 recipes' POI was only 12" above the bull's eye... much better that the 24" high POI I got using the very fast IMR 4198. I tried 4 rounds of R/L 15 at 100 yds. a the POI was about 11" high. With these results it seems to me that I have 2 options remaining: (1) Install a higher front sight blade, or, (2) reload using only 220 gr RN bullets. I am pretty much a purist, and as such, I don't want to install a non-original parts on the carbine. Also, I know the 30-40 Krag was manufactured to shoot a 220 gr RN bullet, and I am thinking the factory sights are calibrated for that bullet weight. I am thinking that if a 180 gr bullet shoots 11" high at 100 yds., a 220 gr. bullet might shoot only 3"-4'' high at the same distance. If it were to work out that way, I could certainly live with that. Again, as always, I will appreciate any counsel and advice you can provide. Lastly, on the Forum's website, I can not find any instructions on posting pictures; I have taken pictures, uploaded them to my PC and would like members to see my carbine. Also, I would like to know how to save an unfinished post that will be completed at a later time


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Culpeper KCA Forum Member Offline Posts: 904 Location: Right Coast of Africa Joined: Mar 30^th, 2005	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #19 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 9:18pm	Print Post
	When you go to reply to my post, and you will, look down and see the word "Browse". Click on it and find find your pic file on your computer and do the normal MS upload. If you have another second photo you want to load, look to the left and see the word "Attachments". Click on the down button and repeat the process. Do not gloss over the posting limit of 768Kb. You can't do a draft post as far as I know. That is what NotePad is for. You can't have a draft post as far as I know. That is what NotePad is for. Allowed file types: txt doc docx psd pdf bmp jpe jpg jpeg gif png swf zip rar tar Maximum Attachment size: 768 KB Then just click on "Post Message" And if you dink it up just modify the post and repeat again.

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Parashooter KCA Forum Member Offline Kragmudgeon Posts: 514 Location: Connecticut Joined: Feb 4^th, 2010	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #20 - Nov 26^th, 2019 at 11:51pm	Print Post
	Olpeddler wrote on Nov 26^th, 2019 at 8:48pm: . . . I don't want to install a non-original parts on the carbine. . . If you're aiming accurately with rear at lowest setting and hitting that high, it's pretty unlikely your front sight blade is "original". Have you compared yours to the photo of a real one posted earlier in this thread? (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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musketjon KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 49 Location: So. Commiefornia Joined: Jan 4^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #21 - Dec 1^st, 2019 at 4:42am	Print Post
	Remember this too--if you load too light of a powder charge, instead of a controlled burn, you could wind up with a detonation instead and that could be bad for the rifle and the shooter. Consult the loading manuals and follow the loads to a "T". Jon


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CoRifleman KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 31 Location: Colorado Joined: Jan 19^th, 2020 Gender:	Re: .30-40 Krag 1901 Sight Issue Reply #22 - Mar 24^th, 2020 at 10:26pm	Print Post
	Capt. Frank wrote on Nov 26^th, 2019 at 7:41pm: let us know how the H4350 does, I am going to try that myself. The H 4350 shoots much better than the IMR in 6.5 caliber. Here's the test results: (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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