Correction: My Krag is a Norwegian in 6.5 X 55. -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 10:08 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Greg Fiorentino Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The best way to spend black Friday
I have a Danish Krag, it is in 6.5 X 55 cal. It's a very unusual action: the non-removable mag is a door that flips open on the right side of the receiver, you just dump the loose rounds in. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: [MBZ] OT: The best way to spend black Friday As usual my dad and I spent black Friday at the range. This was my first opportunity to shoot last year's Christmas present: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4874/45152868525_9d850493b0_b.jpg Swedish made Remington rolling block in 8x58r, the round is often called the "Danish Kraig". Its quite powerful, in the 30-06 class. Originally a black powder gun they were converted to smokeless, mine is dated 1892 for the conversion. Dad has been playing with loads, it was working pretty well with a 220gr jacketed bullet. I need more time shooting it, I rough at best. I also shot my Mossberg 500 with the slug barrel to get ready for deer season. If all goes as planned (blah) I'll get 2 days of shotgun season.https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4856/32193409368_72deeba77b_b.jpg The lower bulls are where I started sighting in, I'm reasonably happy with it considering its got a shotgun trigger... Dad brought out his 25-20, the scope is reproduction but period. He shoots really well with it, I can barely make it hit the ground: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4864/32193405758_f0a4fe9d05_b.jpg Finally I dialed in my black powder deer gun, I'll only get 2 days of shotgun season but should have 5 or 6 of black powder season: https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1754/27872740887_471c6a931d_b.jpgThis was only the second time I've gotten to shoot it since I bought it in February, it took a long time to work up a good load, finally settled on .530 roundball, 50gr of black powder with a .010 greased patch. Oiled patches blew out and didn't impart good spin to the ball, .015 patches were too thick to load. I'm really pleased with the result. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4897/46014915692_6cf6682202_b.jpg -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
