If a person doesn't have a Krag sporter and shoot lead bullets through it, he is missing one of the great pleasures of being a rifleman. Last fall I acquired a Model 1898 redone by a 1910 era home guncraftsman. He grafted on a pistol grip almost undetectably, checkered the pistol grip and under the fore arm in a flat pattern (it pointed up beautifully), added a steel grip cap and mounted the windage adjustable Lyman #34. Mike Petrov told me it was one of the best of its sort he had seen.I have been shooting it this Spring a lot, and predictably it likes the Ideal 308284, less so 308274. The Yankee version of Sam Squib's 169 gr. SP (aka 311413) does very well at 1,450 fps. 308280 is all over the target. I've got a lot of 30 cal. molds and hope by the end of the summer to try 3081-200 and 3082-165 as well as 308223 170 and a couple of other Walter Hudson's designs.
I always liked to use a black 2.5 inch bull with a six o'clock hold and have no trouble getting 1.5 inch groups with the 308284 at a hundred, but at 64 I may have to try a four inch bull this year.
I have another economy grade Krag sporter that shoots 311291 under an inch most days. It's been in my battery for 35 years and has a Redfield receiver sight
