So, after the relative success I had with the 300gr bullets in the 450, I've been farting around with a couple of other projects. A 6.5 Grendel to slot between the 450 and 5.56 and also a 22 target pistol. The Grendel has come together very slowly, kind of aggravatingly slowly actually. Nothing seemed to come together well. But a buddy wanted to shoot Saturday, and we got a rare window of decent temps, no wind, and surprisingly sparse range use. The Grendel was still fighting me, the optics setup I wanted still not coming together, but I figured I could at least function test it. I was looking for something else to shoot, so tossed in an AR15 carbine and a Glock. Feeling like I wanted to shoot something else, too, I grabbed an something out of the closet I've ignored for a long time. My Grandfather's 30-40 Krag. I'd picked up some HSM ammo as brass seems hard to come by.
The AR shot okay. I have a bunch of Winchester ammo I got out of a recall deal from Olins. Even with a scope and a pretty good rest, it grouped about 2.5" at 100 yards. Field of fire ammo. The Grendel functioned fine, firing and feeding as it should, but I didn't really test it for accuracy. I broke out the old Krag. It's rough looking, but given it's a century old, it could be a lot worse. Particularly after being carried in the trenches during WW1. I ran a few patches through the barrel and it felt okay. I adjusted the sights and lined up the old gal on the target. I shot an M1 in the Navy on a rifle team and had done pretty well with it and it was almost a deja vu moment. My eyes were some better then, and the notch and blade weren't as crisp as a reticle in a scope. I ran off 5 rounds fairly carefully and looked at the target down range. Nice group, about 6" high, but dead on for windage. I adjusted the sights again, shot a couple and looked again. Hmmm. About 3" high. One more minor tweak to the sights. Three shots, carefully fired. The trigger pull is long, but clean with a nice consistent release. Recoil is mild. I looked through the spotting scope and saw 2 10s and an X, which, when I measured them, were right at an inch.
Heck maybe I'll take this gal to a real dance, a CMP Match...
Hop