Post by: jdb on December 24, 2016, 08:50:30 PM
Post by: jay.sharkbait on December 24, 2016, 08:51:11 PM
Post by: Dan-o on December 24, 2016, 09:02:19 PM
Grandpa hunted with a Krag....... Good memories.
Post by: boneaddict on December 24, 2016, 09:22:09 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on December 24, 2016, 09:26:21 PM
Post by: Smokepole on December 24, 2016, 09:29:37 PM
Post by: Dead-Eye on December 24, 2016, 10:24:50 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on December 25, 2016, 02:30:38 AM
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
Post by: jdb on December 26, 2016, 09:51:14 AM
Post by: boneaddict on December 26, 2016, 10:45:50 AM
Post by: Bill W on December 26, 2016, 10:57:51 AM
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.
Post by: jay.sharkbait on December 26, 2016, 11:22:44 AM
Not the best pic
That sling makes it super cool!
Post by: jdb on December 26, 2016, 06:52:54 PM
Post by: WARHORSE on December 26, 2016, 06:59:57 PM
Post by: JDHasty on December 26, 2016, 07:25:29 PM
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.
Post by: csaaphill on December 26, 2016, 07:34:58 PM
Not the best picNice :tup: I have a 30/40 Krag in lever action that I got from my dad when he passed. I take it still bear hunting and even sometimes deer hunting. Never seen my dad kill anything with it, but seen him and I have shot it many of times.
Post by: HawkCreek on December 26, 2016, 07:44:40 PM
I'd love to find one of the repro 1895's in .30-40, I dont know why but I'd really like to get a goat with one. Just an itch I suppose.
Post by: C-Money on December 28, 2016, 05:07:16 PM
Post by: jdb on December 28, 2016, 05:31:22 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on December 28, 2016, 05:35:39 PM
Post by: M_ray on December 28, 2016, 06:32:26 PM
Post by: JJB11B on December 28, 2016, 06:36:10 PM
Post by: C-Money on December 28, 2016, 06:39:36 PM
Post by: M_ray on December 28, 2016, 06:44:22 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on December 28, 2016, 06:44:43 PM
I have one ... it was my grandfathers and was left to me when he passed, I was 13. My Grandfather also sporterized it and made the stock himself. My mother told me stories how it was his favorite weapon and all the deer, elk and bear that he shot with it.
That thing is awesome man
Post by: M_ray on December 28, 2016, 06:46:28 PM
that thing is beautiful
Thanks! :)
Post by: M_ray on December 28, 2016, 06:51:51 PM
M-Ray that is a beautiful gun! The stock reminds me very much of a kit my Grandfather did. Bought a military Springfield 30-06 with a sporting stock he had to finish on his own. Still have the military stock somewhere...That rifle put a ton of dinners on our table.
Thanks, it could have been a kit that he had to customize to get that side clip to fit :dunno: The way mom always told the story it was "made by Dad" Oh BTW mom shot a couple deer with it and a bear. She also told me about how they were on the way to a Redmond high school play and she missed the play to wait out a deer she spotted under an apple tree. :chuckle:
Post by: C-Money on December 28, 2016, 06:57:45 PM
M-Ray that is a beautiful gun! The stock reminds me very much of a kit my Grandfather did. Bought a military Springfield 30-06 with a sporting stock he had to finish on his own. Still have the military stock somewhere...That rifle put a ton of dinners on our table.
Thanks, it could have been a kit that he had to customize to get that side clip to fit :dunno: The way mom always told the story it was "made by Dad" Oh BTW mom shot a couple deer with it and a bear. She also told me about how they were on the way to a Redmond high school play and she missed the play to wait out a deer she spotted under an apple tree. :chuckle:
He did a wonderful job on it!!
Post by: jdb on December 28, 2016, 07:02:42 PM
jdb congrats on the gift that thing is super cool! :tup: I wish I had stories of hunting with it but I only took it out once and the old weaver 4x32 scope fogged up about the time I was about to shoot a bear up on sawmill ridge about 1993. I have since replaced the scope with a bushnell 4x32 in an attempt to keep it as close to the way my grandfather had it. My dream is to one day take a bear with it since that was my grandfathers favorite animal to hunt and eat. I've been caught up doing my own thing each year but this thread has got me thinking that I should resurrect the dream! Thanks for that :)christmas morning I told my sons I want to kill a bear with mine! Maybe they're just meant for bear hunting!
Post by: M_ray on December 28, 2016, 07:05:08 PM
jdb congrats on the gift that thing is super cool! :tup: I wish I had stories of hunting with it but I only took it out once and the old weaver 4x32 scope fogged up about the time I was about to shoot a bear up on sawmill ridge about 1993. I have since replaced the scope with a bushnell 4x32 in an attempt to keep it as close to the way my grandfather had it. My dream is to one day take a bear with it since that was my grandfathers favorite animal to hunt and eat. I've been caught up doing my own thing each year but this thread has got me thinking that I should resurrect the dream! Thanks for that :)christmas morning I told my sons I want to kill a bear with mine! Maybe they're just meant for bear hunting!
I think that would be quite fitting!!! :tup:
Post by: boneaddict on December 29, 2016, 10:21:31 AM