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.400 Whelen Shilen barrel.

Mr. Petrov:

At least have the decency to tell us that those groups were shot with a scope and not iron sights, lest we all feel compelled to put away our rifles and take up golf or something equally repellent.

Rem

Ron,

As a matter of fact it was a Lyman Alaskan 2.5 power. The crosswire is so big at 100 yards I had to use a 200-yard target to see the white center.

Back when I was hunting here in Alaska my Krag sporter had a Lyman-Alaskan on it. I like the scope so put one on my new .400-Whelen. This rifle shoots about the best of any big-game rifle I have shot.

I'll clarify my ballistic goal: What I want is a .400 Krag that makes around 2000-2100 f/s at the muzzle with a 250-325gr jacketed bullet with less than 40,000psi chamber pressure. The .40-60 might be a good choice...

You might have a look thru back Handloader magazines for an article by Steve Garbe on the "Return of the .40-60 Maynard." He used .30-40 cases as the basis of this rejuvenated BP round. Can't remember if he had smokeless powder handloads too, but I believe he did. This might be a great medium ctg. that would fit the Krag action a little more easily than the .405 or .40-70. You can make great midrange loads with .41 Mag bullets like I do for my .40-50SS.

If you can't find that article, PM me and I'll dig it up and snail mail you a copy.

I think I am going to go .35 Krag (aka .35WCF). Load data exists and there are more .358s than .41 cal rifle bullets of ANY size.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but will the magazine accommodate your new cartridge? I suppose that any wildcat built on a .30-40 Krag case would, but what about others? TT

Someplace there's a ".35 Krag" article, too. But the one I remember used a Siamese Mauser action, I think. I can also try to dig that one up, if you want a copy.

People have built .35 Krags where the rounds work through the magazine; I wouldn't think @.05 wider of a neck would make a difference. .444 Marlin Krags require minor work in the feed area.

UPDATE: Found a *little* info on the .35 Krag; ballistically it should fall between a .35 Remington and a .358 Winchester. Thought: Might I be gettin' ready to make a Krag that duplicates the semi-obsolete .356WCF, only with better bullet selection?

.35 Krag it is. Bullet selection and riflesmith selection time. Anybody know of a good Kragsmith?