Krag Collectors Association Forum

hey guys sorry for the newbie questions I'm new to reloading. Obviously powder is about impossible to find but my uncle has some Accurate brand 2460 powder will this work for 30-40 Krag or is it too fast burning?

AA2460 has a burning rate appropriate for most medium-weight bullets in the .30/40 Krag. Figures below are QuickLOAD software estimates, not load data, and indicate that a 36-grain charge with a 180-grain jacketed bullet might be a reasonable, conservative maximum. This tracks well with Accurate's data for the similar-capacity .303 British, shown below QL estimates, which lists 36.5 as a starting load.

Cartridge : .30-40 Krag
Bullet : .308, 180, Sierra SPRN 2170
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.714 inch or 68.94 mm
Barrel Length : 30.0 inch or 762.0 mm
Powder : Accurate 2460

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.25% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
%... %.. Grains. fps... ft.lbs... psi.... psi.... %...... ms

-12.5 71 31.50 2117 1791 27785 4166 96.0 1.933
-11.3 72 31.95 2144 1837 28771 4223 96.4 1.904
-10.0 73 32.40 2171 1883 29792 4279 96.8 1.877
-08.8 74 32.85 2197 1930 30847 4333 97.2 1.850
-07.5 75 33.30 2224 1977 31939 4385 97.6 1.824
-06.3 76 33.75 2250 2024 33069 4435 97.9 1.797
-05.0 77 34.20 2277 2072 34237 4483 98.2 1.772
-03.8 78 34.65 2303 2120 35446 4530 98.5 1.747
-02.5 79 35.10 2329 2168 36697 4574 98.8 1.722
-01.3 80 35.55 2355 2217 37990 4617 99.0 1.696
+00.0 81 36.00 2381 2266 39329 4657 99.2 1.671
+01.3 82 36.45 2407 2315 40714 4695 99.4 1.645 ! Near Maximum !
+02.5 83 36.90 2432 2365 42148 4731 99.5 1.620 ! Near Maximum !
+03.8 84 37.35 2458 2415 43631 4765 99.7 1.595 ! Near Maximum !
+05.0 85 37.80 2483 2465 45167 4797 99.8 1.572 ! Near Maximum !
+06.3 86 38.25 2509 2515 46757 4826 99.9 1.549 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

thank you!!

If this is a maximum load, I would start at 10% below it.

will do, thanks!

I started at 30 grains with the Accurate 2460 and am getting around 2000 fps with 168 gr bullets. I only plan on target shooting and possibly hunting under 100 yards so I think I might just stick with this load. Thanks for the help guys this forum is full of great people.