Ruger No. 3 30-40 Krag

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Rodfac

Blackhawk
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Here are some of mine...work up to them, but none showed any signs of pressure in my guns. I have an 1898 Krag .30-40 Carbine and a 1900 infantry rifle that I've shot extensively for the past 25 yrs. The loads below are for these two guns.

In 2007 I took the long bbl'd Infantry rifle to Camp Perry for use in the Classic match and won a silver medal with it...rapid fire at 200 yds with no clip loading equals a one-armed paper hanger!! I dropped one round in rapid that probably cost me the match....but still good enough for a silver.

The Remington 170 gr Core Lok .30-30 bullet makes a heck of nice deer load BTW and is superbly accurate. It's the bullet I shot at Camp Perry. Best Regards, Rod

Carbine: 170 gr Remington Core Lok, 20 gr of SR4759, 1700 fps and 1" 5-shot gps at 50 yds.
Carbine: 173 gr Military Match FMJBT, 20 gr of 4198, no Vel. tested: 2" 5-shot gps @ 100 yds.
Carbine: Lyman 311291 gc RN size 0.310", 14-15.5 gr SR4759, no Vel. tested, 1" 5-shot gps 100 yds

Infantry Rifle: 170 gr Remington Core Lok, 21 gr 4227, Vel. 1703 fps, 1-1/2" gps 5-shots 100 yds
 

LittleBigOz

Bearcat
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Jan 8, 2010
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North Alabama
Greg,

I've also got a No. 3 in 30-40 Krag. It really seems to like the 165 gr Hornady Spire Point and either H4831SC or IMR-3031. I'm using data from the Hornady 4th edition manual from the early 90s. At essentially max charges I'm getting ~ 2230 fps with H4831SC and ~ 2370 fps with 3031. Hope that gives you something to work with.

David
 
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