As a child in Western Montana, there were many 30-40 Krags still being used as hunting rifles, with many having been sporterized.

Fully agree Sir. I'm an avid birdwatcher and do so when walking and stalking game here in South Africa. So many times I won't get close enough for an ethical kill shot or I dont see game at all for days. Ill then slow down and enjoy watching and looking for bird and all of a sudden the bushveld will give you a Blouwildebeeste or Zebra etc 80m from you because you were calm and quiet. 90% of the joy of hunting should be to be outside and enjoying nature. Great video Sir

Now this is true hunting, where respect is given to the animal before all else. Keep up the great work!!

I truely appreciate all that you do on your channel, it is a blessing to see not only the history & shooting that you bring but also the wonderful hunting opporatunaties you get to enjoy.

Congratulations on a successful hunt with an old tried and tested weapon. You have the most authentic videos on youtube of respectful hunting and European hunting tradition. Thank you and we look forward to the next video.

Ah, the Krag is a wonderfully smooth action! Merry Christmas from the U.S. Midwest!

It's a great blessing to see someone hunt freely and without too much of a hassle, a privilege not too easily (if possible at all) attained here in the Philippines (modern guns alone can be quite difficult to acquire legally for the working man, much less antique firearms). With one of the most beautiful rifle models as well. (Quite an interesting fact that some Krags were produced in Austria!) Great video and great hunt.

I have a 1898 krag, with the original sling and bayonet. Probably my favorite rifle I own, I love the design. Quite the treat getting this video Christmas weekend. Love your videos thank you for all the work. It would be a dream to go hunting in Hungry.

What a beautiful rifle!

The Krag-Jorgensen rifle has a big COOL factor, and is a good shooter. Lots of fun. The 6.5 a better cartridge in my opinion than the 30-40. Excellent presentation showcasing this fine firearm from yesteryears.

Again a perfect video. The respect you show for the game and nature is admirable. Please continue to make this kind of videos. Greetings from Belgium and a merry christmas to you and your family

It's really nice to see a beautiful old rifle still out there and being used great video and hope u and your family have a merry Christmas

❤ thank you very much - great gun

My style of hunting is like yours, and I’ve had a M96 Carl Gustaf in 6.5x55 since I was 15 years old, over 50 years ago. It has the 29 inch barrel and is incredibly accurate as well as giving much more velocity to the cartridge. Excellent video, looking forward for more and Merry Christmas!

I Think it's very Important to pay respect to the fallen Game 🙏 Another Great Video 💯 Thanks for Sharing 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Merry Christmas, congratulations on the successful hunt.

Wow. What a beautiful rifle. I have an original 1896 US Krag in 30/40 with bayonet, scabbard and frog. I love these rifles. I would love one like yours and a Swedish Mauser. Works of art! Merry Christmas.

If you were less of a man I would have expected that woodpecker to evaporate into a cloud of feathers, but as always, you have produced an informative and respectable video to the highest standards.

What a beautiful country

YEssssss. Love the hunting videos and the historical weapons used for hunting. Especially with the older guns. Really gives you an appreciation for the hunters that had to use them, because hunting is hard and often you come from a hunt empty handed. Anyway Cheers from Estonia.

Balazs, I love when you take these old warhorses out for a hunt, and thank you for showing the field dressing of the game. If you would like to save some space and weight, you do not need the saw to split the pelvis. Simply find the raised seam where the two pelvis halves are fused together and put your knife on it and push down. It splits rather easy if you got the blade centered on the seam. After that push the legs down to the ground and it will open the split up allowing you to pull the organs through.

Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing your hunt with us. Thank you for all your videos in general as well. Enjoy the venison.

Thank you for sharing your life and character with others in a way that brings honor to the Creator and dignity to the quarry. May your Christmas with family be filled with good food and blessed memories.

Awesome video with my morning coffee from Jacksonville Alabama USA

I love my Norwegian Krag but it's a wall hanger currently since I don't reload YET. But I use my No 4 Lee Enfield to hunt.

another very beautiful presentation and extraordinary images. you are really very lucky

Great video and nice Krag rifle. Excellent deer for Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas.

I am from Norway, but live in the US. I have a Norwegian Krag 1912/16 Karabin, a Swedish M38 and C63 target rifle, and a Tikka in 6.5x55 for hunting.

Your Videos are more Relaxing than any ASMR i have ever seen... Merry Christmas from Germany :)

6.5 x 55 is a very versatile cartridge. Excellent video, ethical hunt. Have a lovely time with your family!

Loved that. I often hunt with vintage firearms.

All the best for 2024 folks - one of the best shooting and hunting channels ever, and in the bright Hunglish language too!

Love these videos! Thank you, from Michigan!

I absolutely enjoyed this video. Thank you.

Excellent presentation of the rifle and proper respect and care of the game. Thank you.

I've been waiting for one of your hunting videos; they are my favorite.

This is one of the best christmas gifts i could have asked for, i love the krag and seeing it in a little action in the woods is so pleasing.

Very nice video, very good that you showed the opening too, sth that most of the time is missing from the hunting videos

I had one of these for several years back in the early 80`s. It took a nice pronghorn antelope at 165 yards using the Hornady 129 grain bullet and some IMR 4320 powder. Mine looked just like yours, and I wish it was still in the safe. I`m a little jealous.

Excellent video and it is great to see an original Krag rifle that has not been cut down or altered. Years ago I acquired an original 1896 Krag .30/40 carbine but I still wish I had bought an original rifle when you could still find one at a reasonable price.

As always, awesome video. Thank you!

The Krag is such an incredibly interesting rifle. Love that magazine. Thanks for the video.

Perfect shot Balasz! Thank you for the video!

That is amazing! Thank you for the videos!🙏🏼

Merry Christmas and a very happy 2024. Good luck hunting.

Thank you Balazs! The Krag Jørgensen in kaliber 6.5X55 Swedish, is an innovative rifle and has been used in Norway in the Volunteer Rifle Corps since 1894 as a competition-rifle, and later with a heavy barrel, right up until the 1990s, when the Sauer 200 gradually took over. Krag Jørgensen has, as you say, has one of the smoothest bolts, with which everyone else compares it selfs! It has one weakness, that it only has one forward locking lug (it also has two safety locking lugs in addition, the lever/bolthandle it self and a long lug on the side of the bolt), so with wet /oiled ammo or chamber, the shots would tend to go over to the left. This was particularly noticeable with the heavy competition rifle barrels. Greetings from Norway and Idar Ola 🤠👌

Thank you for the video. May you and your Family have a Merry Christmas.

Perfect my friend just bought one, thanks for the video! Gonna send it to him

Thanks for the video. Looks like you have a great place to hunt. Have Merry Christmas.

that was really enjoyable thank you i do wish you and your family a merry christmas

Merry Christmas!! Thank you for taking us along on a great harvest. Good shot.

Greetings from Norway. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch.

Excellent video Doctor, as always. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Thank you for this uploaded video. The hunting is respectful and the steel of that rifle's action is just amazingly gorgeous!!

Relaxing top quality vid as per usual. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

Merry Christmas my friend. The best to you and your family.

Merry Christmas! Thank you for doing what you do!

Tisztelet a Vadnak, üdv a Vadásznak! És köszönjük a szokásos informatív videót és szép képeket!

Merry Christmas to you and yours

Great vid and Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Well and tastefully done. Merry Christmas from Alabama!

A beautiful video, beautiful nature! Greetings from the neighbourhood and a merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!

Merry Christmas sir. I hope you and yours have a safe and wonderful Christmas.

I owned a couple of 30-40 Craigs one of the slickest bolt actions ever made next to the Mannlicher schonauer. 😊

...as always, RESPECT matters!!! A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!!!

Had a 1892,Carbine that was owned by an employee Of the Springfield arsenal . I was in College and the only reason, i could afford it was it had a Semi pistol grip expertly installed. The insert was ment to change Springfield Rifle to Scant C Stock type.

I love it as always. the respect for nature is amazing.

Best episode ever! ❤

The 2600 Ft/s is in the sweet range for the non-EDL type older spitzer bullets (and soft points) and the rage reduction is actually minimal. Most people do not understand the air compression factors that affect bullets and that a slower initial velocity can be much better for accuracy. Additionally, in the faster loads, heaver barrels are usually needed to minimize the barrel harmonics that can affect bullet accuracy. The Craig-Jorgenson with its single locking lug is quite prone to barrel harmonics at the higher powder loads, thus not adequate for .30-06 rechambering Happy hunting.

Merry Christmas. It is my pleasure to watch your videos. I appreciate your very ethical approach to hunting and how you value not only the hunt but all of the natural things that you view. Thank you and may you continue on for many years with your channel. 🌲

I've only recently discovered your channel, and I must say, it has quickly become one of my favorites. The information you provide on the firearms are complete and easily understood. It's fascinating to see a hunter from another country hunt game. We all have our traditions, but it's important to respect what the animal has provided. Great work.

Always good to see a clean shot, & fast kill. I wish every shot could be. Merry Christmas Buddy. You have a nice start to a feast, & meat for a bit of time after.

First of all thank you for sharing your knowledge of these old military weapons, and thank you for emphasizing the entire hunting experience rather than merely the kill. Your appreciation of the natural world and the respect you show for the wildlife you hunt is what convinced me to take up the hobby myself. Thank you from Pennsylvania!

I can see where the 03 Springfield got its cocking piece and magazine cut off from. A beautiful rifle and a classic cartridge. Boldog Karácsonyt!

This was beautiful and so relaxing, you have a beautiful country. Thank you for showing everything. This is exactly how my late dad used to hunt in Muskoka, Ontario Canada except for the ritual. It's nice to see a field dressing done from all the years of just hearing about it. I cried all through the video. Thank you for the history and loading procedure of the Kraig. Merry Christmas and a Happy 2024 to you and your family❤

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Great video! Just like deer hunting in Tennessee!

A delight of a video.. as always. I'll save it for later after work. Happy Christmas to you and yours from Tipperary Ireland 🇮🇪 😊

Happy New Year!

What absolutely Beautiful country you live in my friend. I dream of such surroundings. I would be happy to walk and simply pick natural targets like a small brightly coloured leaf, silly things like that. I could do that every day with my jaeger.

Merry Christmas, greetings from Norway🎄

Awesome!

Happy Christmas brother

Thanks for another instructional and informative video and congratulations on harvesting a nice deer,just in time for Christmas.May you and your family have a Merry and safe Christmas from down here in Australia.

I loved to see you reviewing and hunting the gun I grew up with as simply “Kragen”. I still hunt most my game with the 6,5x55 from a modern Blaser. Greetings from 🇳🇴

How a wonderful Hungarian nature! Thanks a lot and have a nice New Year’s Day eve. The best for you and your family. Take care. Hope to see other videos like this 👍🏻

Merry Christmas! Good hunt and I agree that the 6.5x55 mm is a great choice. Sometimes a relaxing day afield makes the sweetest memories......Well done sir, and Happy New Year!

Beautiful rifle. I have shot some Swedish Mausers and all of them were easy to shoot and accurate. This is a great rifle to get a buck before Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Happy Christmas 👍👍👍

Merry christmas!

Very good and respectful hunt Balzas. It is always interesting and informative, watching someone else’s gutting and cleaning methods and I always learn something new. I hope you and your family and friends have a great Christmas together. See you in the new year on your next endeavour. 🍻🍻 Cheers from downunda! 😁

Beautiful rifle and a beautiful hunt. Respect and dignity for the game animal….just excellent ethics. Merry Christmas from Texas.

i must say you really are a phenomeenal hunter how you move through the woods using an opeen sight rifle in so many of your videos and actually manage to bring meat onto the table is wonderful i as a very freshly made hunter can learn alot from you greetings from germany

I own a Steyr Krag from 1897. These were proof tested at 5000 atm or 73,480 psi. This was extremely high pressure at the time, and way above regular 6.5x55 factory loads today. It is still not recommended to fire hot loads in these old weapons because of material fatigue.

As a person that has a passion for nature, traditional hunting, and history; I feel at home on this channel. Thank you for this. I feel lost sometimes in the modern hunting world. Glad to see the true spirit of the outdoors. To enjoy the day outdoors sucess or not, honor the animal, and bring meat home to the family. These videos should be shown for hunters education purposes. Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

🇦🇺😎👍🎄What a beautiful old rifle. Great video🏁

Very enjoyable video.The Krag is one of my favorite rifles,and is the first centerfire rifle I ever shot as a kid. Mine is a 1898 carbine 30/40 KRAG .When I could still achieve front sight focus it would shoot MOA groups.That was with a Redfield peep sight installed, couldn't do that well with the original Buffington sight.Hope to give the Norwegian Krag a try sometime.

This is all good work. Aside more from the traditions and even ceremony what there is can be called practice, or the practice. Of course, no assurance in anything except good practice means all so much engagement and realization - all good.