WCChapin | It Starts Over Again – 1898 Krag | Fifty Rounds Downrange…and Fifty Empties to Reload

Range time at Johnson’s Mosquito Ranch firing the first Fifty Rounds from the U.S. Model 1898 Springfield Krag-Jorgensen Rifle.
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Graf 30-40 Krag Brass – Annealed
30 Caliber Sinclair Neck Mandrel
Vintage Herter’s No. 120 Large Rifle Primers

(10) .308″ 180 Grain FB RN pulled bullets
Light LEE Universal Case Expander Die (mouth bell)
34.0 Grains IMR 3031
3.085 COAL
Light LEE Factory Crimp Die

Lyman 311284 217 Grain + Gas Check and 50/50 Beeswax/Alox Lube
Approximately 14.3 BHN Sized .309
Lyman 30R M Expander Die
(18) 25.0 Grains Accurate 5744
(15) 30.0 Grains IMR 3031
(5) 32.0 Grains IMR 3031
Seated just past top lube groove
Light LEE Factory Crimp Die

(2) .308″ 220 Grain FB RN pulled bullets
Light LEE Universal Case Expander Die (mouth bell)
30.0 Grains Hodgdon H335
3.085 COAL
Light LEE Factory Crimp Die

William C Chapin

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