Any info for Danish Krag-Jorgensen rifles?

if any one finds a danish krag rifle website in danish, ill gladly help translate.

on a side note, has anyone seen any danish krags in canada? I can only seem to locate them stateside, and I want one...
 
I have a sporterized Norvegian Krag in 6.5 Swedish to take apart and clean.
I informed his owner that he should not attempt to fire regular 6,5 Swedish hunting rounds in it.
I'll make some reduced-loads suitable for this old rifle and fireform the brass. Just found a very good article on this subject on this link:
http://w w w .surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/norkragcarbine/index.asp
PP.:)
 
the danish ones where 8x58R Danish Krag. tradeex has some Dane rolling blocks in that caliber, and some one on here from the yukon posted about using one to shoot moose. very cool
 
The best information I have found on the net about the 8 X 58 R Danish Krag-Jorgernsen and Remington rolling blocks in the same caliber, is found at the www.gunboards.com ,then scroll down to "Swedish Civilian and Sporting Arms", and then contact "kriggevaer", who without doubt have collected some of the best info about the Danish Krag-Jorgensen rifles.

"kriggevaer" is very helpful to share his info from guns to ammo for the Danish Krag-Jorgensen.
 
Also, the 8x58R Danish Krag cartidge is nothing more than a 45-70 cartridge, necked down to accept a 8mm bullet.

Using the reloading date from "Cartridges of the World", I have pushed a 200 grain bullet to 2772 fps and 3412 foot pound muzzle energy.

Norma loaded the last 8X58R Danish fmj ammo sometimes in the fifties. Some of that ammo can still be found for about $ 2-3 a round, from a Danish gun dealer, which I believe is called "Arms Gallery" ?

Otherwise, ammo is easy to form from 45-70 brass, or in case of emrgency, also from 7,62X54R Russian. "Bertram" of Australia still produces cases for the 8X58R Danish Krag, but they have to be annealed before use, since they will split after one or few rounds.

The Danish Krag is a well made rifle, and very accurate and pleasant to shoot, and I have only experienced on shoot kills on deer with my fine specimen of that rifle.
 
snowhunter said:
Also, the 8x58R Danish Krag cartidge is nothing more than a 45-70 cartridge, necked down to accept a 8mm bullet.

Using the reloading date from "Cartridges of the World", I have pushed a 200 grain bullet to 2772 fps and 3412 foot pound muzzle energy.

Norma loaded the last 8X58R Danish fmj ammo sometimes in the fifties. Some of that ammo can still be found for about $ 2-3 a round, from a Danish gun dealer, which I believe is called "Arms Gallery" ?

Otherwise, ammo is easy to form from 45-70 brass, or in case of emrgency, also from 7,62X54R Russian. "Bertram" of Australia still produces cases for the 8X58R Danish Krag, but they have to be annealed before use, since they will split after one or few rounds.

The Danish Krag is a well made rifle, and very accurate and pleasant to shoot, and I have only experienced on shoot kills on deer with my fine specimen of that rifle.
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Arms Gallery is the one, nice little store in the center of Copenhagen.
 
I know that a danish army colonel wrote a book about the "89ner" as it is called in Denmark, refering it to be the model 1889. My "89ner" was made in 1892 and is the long infantry version, in a sporterized version. There are several carbine version of the "89ner", in danish "89ser".

About 60000 of these fine rifles were taken by the germans during WW2 and send to Germany, and they all disappeared without a trace.
 
There is not to much info on the net about the Danish Krag rifles. If you can find an excuse to go to Copenhagen, Denmark, and visit one of the best and largest military museum in the world for cross bows, swords, pistols, and rifles, dating from the dark Middle ages, the Tojhusmuseet, you will among others find a complete collection of the Krag Jorgensen rifle, including miniature models as well as sporterized version of the Danish Krag Jorgensen rifle, and the nearby Danish historical firearms dealer, "Arm Gallery" might have one or two, military Krag Jorgensen for sale. Another branch of the "Arms Gallery" in Copenhagen, have over 5000 used firearms for sale.

Otherwise contact "kriggevaer" at www.gunboards.com for complete info about the Danish Krag Jorgensen rifle.
 
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The standard 6.5x55 is the correct round for the Norsk version of the Krag. Modern loads do not exceed the pressures adopted for these rifles, mostly because these rifles set the standard.

I feed my Norvegian Krag anything my friend Bjarne lets me feed it, including the Norma/Oslo ammo that was packed in 50-round boxes for the seal hunt. Pressures on this stuff are quite up to snuff, and it works fine in any 6.5x55, including the Krag, AG42B and Svensk Mausers. I will admit, though, that slightly mild loads generally give excellent accuracy, but they are not really needed; there was nothing wrong with the Krag.
 
In 1933, the Danish created a 6.5 X 58R target cartridge to be used on rebarrelled Danish Krag Jorgensen rifles, by simply necking down the original (45-70) 8 X 58R cartridge.

Accoridng to the "Cartridges of the World", a 140 grain bullet can be loaded in the 6.5 X 58R with 46 grain of 4350 powder, and fired at 2500 fps muzzle velocity. I would think that this data could be improved upon, in a stronger Mauser Actions ?
 
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