Thread: 30-40 Krag load conundrums

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@Steelisreal H2o case capacity is 59 grains to the mouth

Barrel is exactly 26"

At this stage I will run with 165s because there are a range of suitable ones available locally

And 2219 is looking good at this stage for a powder with specific data from manufacturer ( despite having a heap of other powders that might be perfect but lack creditable data )

cheers

And you need to remember 30-40 Krag aka 30 US is considered to be a 40k psi max cartridge due to the original Krag service rifle
The 1885 will happily take a bit more than that and this one does now have a bushed small diameter high pressure firing pin.
But I still intend sticking to the 40k psi max as a 165 @ 2400 will be perfect