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looking for advice from others matching shooters what technique do you use for rapid fire reload during the vintage matches with your krag I am used to an 03 and obviously an ar but I'd like to know what technique to use to reload the five rounds within the allotted time you get for rapid fire. thank you for any input
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I cant the rifle to the left, then grab 2 rds from the box, drop them in (making sure the rims are well in the rear of the opening, otherwise the bullet noses hang up on the front and fall in diagonally), grab 2 more and drop them in, then the last rd. Shut the gate and drive on. Never had a problem with it. There are a number of methods, probably faster than mine, but the key is, as with all things, to practice, practice, practice. Using dummy rounds of course. Best of luck! -
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There are plans out there for a 5-round charger that works well with the Krag (Parashooter and Madsenshooter... please feel free to chime in here), but in the last two Vintage Rifle matches at Camp Perry, I did about the same thing as M2Phil... Tilt slightly to the left with the gate open. Where we differ is I grab all five rounds. If you're careful, and practice, you can drop the five rounds in, close the gate, and bang away! My trick is to lay the five rounds on the mat with the rims overlapping so when I pick them up all at once, they are already in the correct orientation.
You should make some dummy rounds of what you'll shoot to practice with (I shoot 220 gr round nosed, so I made ten dummy rounds with 220 gr bullets for practicing). Don't plan to shoot 180 grain spritzers, and practice with 110 grain... if you do, then you'll have problems on game day! Always practice with your competition setup!
Where are you located Rick? I'm in Southeast Michigan, and I'm always up for going shooting, and always happy to help too!
Paul"I was home... What happened? What the Hell Happened?" - MM1 Jacob Holman, USS San PabloComment
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Oops... Guess Para was posting at the same time as I was, LOL"I was home... What happened? What the Hell Happened?" - MM1 Jacob Holman, USS San PabloComment
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OFGS... This stupid auto correct! That's the second time it did this!"I was home... What happened? What the Hell Happened?" - MM1 Jacob Holman, USS San PabloComment
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Im in arizona but if you want to drive out im sure dragonfly and i would go shooting lol
On a side not does anyone know where i can find that charger thing videoded above?Comment
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I use a charger loosely based on parashooters design. It spritzes em in there with one finger. Used to a 60 second limit, I have lots of time left with an 80 second limit."I have sworn upon the Altar of God, eternity hostility upon all forms of tyranny over the minds of man." - Thomas JeffersonComment
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I use a Mosin-nagant stripper clip. I open the gate and tilt the rifle slightly to the left . The stripper clip is the cheap Tapco one which holds the Krag rounds loose enough so that I can push them in with just one finger.GibComment
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Sounds good ... do it around washingtons birthday match and we will put together a krag team
Now that said.... can someone tell me where to get one of those cool reloadersComment
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I leave the 5 cartridges lined up on the mat. Open the gate. Tilt rifle to the left with muzzle slightly elevated. Scoop up the cartridges and pour them in. The magazine sorts out the rims. I use 173 gr GI Match bullets that feed reliably in my rifles.
I dropped a cartridge in the last match. No matter, I just fired the 4 that were loaded and grabbed a single when I was done. I had plenty of time.
In a Grand Army of the Frontier SASS match, one Krag shooter using a belt with double loops would pull the 5 rounds between his fingers. It worked very slick. That was standing of course.Comment
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