30/40 krag

[jdb]

My dad gave me the nicest sporterized 30/40 krag I've ever seen for Christmas. Anyone else have one? Any hunting stories?

[jay.sharkbait]

Pictures!

[Dan-o]

Nice.

Grandpa hunted with a Krag.......    Good memories.

[boneaddict]

That's cool!

[Duckslayer89]

Yup I got a bad ass 1895 30/40 original Winchester I'll post pics when I'm home. Killed a bear and a few deer with it now it's a safe gun

[Smokepole]

Yeah, please do post some pictures!   

[Dead-Eye]

My stepson inherited one from his Dad. He's crazy about his; talks about it all the time. He considers it a classic. Not sure how many - if any - mods/upgrades his 30/40 Krag has. I guess it's pretty old. I'll have to ask him just how old, or get a S/N to look it up.

[Duckslayer89]

My stepson inherited one from his Dad. He's crazy about his; talks about it all the time. He considers it a classic. Not sure how many - if any - mods/upgrades his 30/40 Krag has. I guess it's pretty old. I'll have to ask him just how old, or get a S/N to look it up.

I had someone look mine up a while ago. It was built in 1929. Great grandfather has pictures of him with a double cougar kill. Grandad killed a bear and deer with it. Dad passed it down to me. Anyhow I love it and shoots amazing

[jdb]

Not the best pic

[boneaddict]

Spoiled rotten comes to mind, lol!    Nice gun

[Bill W]

Not the best pic

Looks just like the one I got from my dad except mine does not have the peep sight.  Barrel on mine was cut down as it had a rough spot in it and back in the late 50's most military rifles ended up sporterized.

[jay.sharkbait]

Not the best pic

That sling makes it super cool!

[jdb]

I'm pretty danged tickled with it!

[WARHORSE]

Killed my first deer with one of those.    Nice gun!

[JDHasty]

The 30/40 is a killing machine.  Somewhere in history (before I was born) my mother's M 95 was lost.  Rumor has it that my mother was a "hell of a shot." 

I have never used one, but being from Montana I know a lot of oldsters who tried other "more modern" rounds who went back to the "30/40 Krag" and swore by it.

The other old rounds that I remember were used by many of the older generation, back in the 1960's when I was a kid and loved to read about the "latest and greatest" developments and ask questions, were the 33 Winchester and the 348 Winchester.