Need help from the experts here.

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I was at the lindsay mall today, and the legion had a small display set up. there where two rifles, a LeeEnfield with volley sight,wish I owned it. and an odd looking rifle. I asked what it was and was told it was a P14, which was odd as it did not look like a P14. i was also told he had been recenly donated to the legion and that it was a 303. Well I had to point out that the side load magazine ment it was a Krag, and that it looked like someone had put some Enfield wood on it, and had used a metal clip to keep the wood on and that the nose cap looked home made, plus it had a metal cleaning rod in the end of it. Unless there is a trial rifle in 303 that was made with the Krag magazine, its a very rare rifle indeed. So what do the experts think?

 

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Wish we had a photograph or seventeen!

The British did experiment with the Krag, but I do believe that the few they had (2 or 3?) were 8x58R. Besides, none got out of which I am aware.

The American .30-40 cartridge, which WAS chambered in half a million Krags, is slightly longer than a .303 and slightly fatter at the base. The cartridges are close enough that I have had to remove the front of a Krag round from the chamber of a '95 Winchester. I think it likely that someone thought that a Krag WAS a .303, and simply used the easily-available (in Canada) .303 round in the chamber of a .30-40 rifle..... for which the ammo has NEVER been common in Canada. After all, they look just so VERY much alike.......... and it's ONLY 3 thousandths of an inch........

Pressures would have been interesting but likely not spectacular, else the rifle would not have survived.