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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:19 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Gunshow corelokt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 314
Re: Gunshow corelokt
RickyG, If you are a reloader, you will have 100 'once fired' brass. You should be able to minimally get 15 reloads from each brass, amounting to 1,500 reloaded rounds. With bullets, primers, and powder you ought to be able to amortize your cost down to $1.50 per reloaded round from the $3.75 per ro...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Hand Guard for Model 1899 Carbibe
- Replies: 4
- Views: 364
Hand Guard for Model 1899 Carbibe
Hello All, Last week, the bolt on my 1899 carbine locked-up in the closed position when I 'dry-fired' it after cleaning it. I took the carbine to my local gunsmith who is quite good with Krags and he stripped down the bolt and gave it a good cleaning. The carbine is now running smooth again. He clas...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Clean Sized Brass After Firing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 580
Re: Clean Sized Brass After Firing
In my post of earlier today on using Mr. Steinmayer's method for neck sizing, I mistakenly referred to the caliber as .30-30 instead of .30-40 Krag. Sorry for the confusion.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Clean Sized Brass After Firing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 580
Clean Sized Brass After Firing
Last Fall, using Paul Steinmayer's .30-30 Krag neck sizing method ( screw in the F/L neck sizing die until it touches the shell holder, and then back it off one full turn) I neck sized 50 Hornady cases. A few days ago, I fired off 30 of those reloads and the results were nice: at 75 yards with 5 rou...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: 1899 Krag and young buck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 60418
Re: 1899 Krag and young buck
Whig & Butlerangers,
Thanks for your comments and input. Good catch on the front sight, I mis-spoke myself; the front sight I had installed was taller than the one that came with the rifle.
Thanks for your comments and input. Good catch on the front sight, I mis-spoke myself; the front sight I had installed was taller than the one that came with the rifle.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: 1899 Krag and young buck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 60418
Re: 1899 Krag and young buck
Hello Mark, I'm the 'olpeddler" from central Massachusetts. I've been a Krag owner and member of this forum for 4 years. Mine is a model 1899 carbine. It is interesting that I have seen very little mention of the 1899 carbine on the forum. Maybe that's because out of the 350,000 Krags made at t...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Hornady 30-40 at Midway right now!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 49857
Re: Hornady 30-40 at Midway right now!
I have two brand new, still unopened, 50 round bags of Winchester .30-40 brass that I picked up from Precision Reloading about 3 years ago. Additionally, I have approx. 75 rounds of Hornady brass I bought when I acquired my Krag in 2019. They have been reloaded 6 - 8 times. I use Paul Steinmayer's m...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Hornady 30-40 at Midway right now!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 49857
Re: Hornady 30-40 at Midway right now!
$2.50 a round for factory loaded ammo is pretty steep. However, costs for reloading . 30-40 ammo has also significantly increased since the pre-Covid days 0f 2019. I am not an accountant, but my calculations indicate it now costs me $1.42 per round to reload .30-40 versus $.81 in 2019 when I acquire...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: commercial 30 40 availability?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 201933
Re: commercial 30 40 availability?
Hello Hunza, About a year ago I had a pretty good experience with Hornady when I was looking for .308, 180 grain Spitzer and Round Nose Interlock bullets for reloading .30-40 Krag and 303 Savage cartridges. I called their HQ's and a service rep was helpful and patient with me. He told me that Round ...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:29 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Decent into Madness - Lack of Case Trimming
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29275
Re: Decent into Madness - Lack of Case Trimming
Paul, I used your method of 'backing out' the Lee .30-40 F/L sizing die one turn. It seemed to work well; I'll take those neck sized cartridges to the range in 3 days ( It is going to rain here in central Massachusetts for another 2 days) Thanks for the tip.