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I shot it again today. It is so accurate that will never change a thing. With this rifle Townsend Whelen's old saw about accurate rifle holds true.

Very interesting, here's more.

http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1324751949/9

Art

Thanks for the link. Mine has a 22" carbine barrel and a 1:18 twist.

My experience with an 18" twist barrel is that a 40 grain bullet (standard in .22 Long Rifle) is the heaviest that can be stabilized at 100+ yards.

This takes us to a maximum known number of survivors of 7 rifles and 2 carbines.

Is the ejected shell thrown clear of the action? Or does it drop inside. And is the left side of the action plugged up so that empty .22 rimfire cases cannot enter?

I learned about these rifles from one loaned to me by Terry Buffum. With that rifle (a Springfield-made Gallery Practice Rifle, not a Stevens-Pope) the empty cases fell back inside the magazine well. After shooting, I turned the rifle upside down and shook it. All the empty cases fell out.

These Stevens-Pope replacement or conversion barrels are fascinating. Most interesting is that the whole idea of using the unaltered Krag action was developed by Harry Pope. And if you look seriously at the whole story of the conversions use and the politics of their replacement, you arrive at the parallel development of the Winchester 52 and the 1922 Springfield.

The left side of the action bottom is covered and the shells are ejected clear of the action, but not in a consistent direction. Judging by how it shoots, the 18" twist seems to be doing a great job with my 40 gr. Remington "Target" ammo, which normally does not deserve the name.