30-40 Brass Requests

[drtom]

As a note to anyone wishing to shoot in the Roosevelt Commemorative Matches and in need of 30-40 rounds or brass, please be sure to contact all of the manufacturers and send them requests for either brass or loaded ammunition. I have sent requests to every manufacturer who has had a history of manufacturing rounds or components and will continue to do so until I can get a response. Now that the CMP has instituted these matches it would be to someone's economic interest to manufacture the components we will need.

Thank you.

[psteinmayer]

Thanks so much for taking the time to contact the manufacturers. We all should take an active role in this. I've written Remington, and a few independent brass manufacturers in the past with little response (one told me they had no intention in creating brass unless there was an enormous demand for it... like somewhere in the neighborhood or 100,000 pieces). I, for one, have no intentions in retiring my Krags anytime soon... and my herd of useable brass is starting to thin a little (9 cracked necks this season)... so I need to start thinking of replenishment.

[madsenshooter]

I've written PRVI more than once, and asked Graf's to throw in their voice. They could easily sell 100,000, in time. If all else fails, I got lots of long bullet molds and .303 brass. But I won't need to go that way for some time yet.

[drtom]

I am running into short sighted production managers who think that the 30-40 round is dead. Considering that there are quite a few thousand Krag, Winchester, and even Ruger rifles in the hands of both hunters and competition shooters there would be sufficient demand for at least twice a year runs for either brass or live ammunition. I too am using 303 brass that has been reformed in shooting at present.

[madsenshooter]

It's really silly of a company that already makes .303 to not make Krag brass too. The bevel on the rim isn't a necessity, if they think that's a problem.

[8iowa]

My son and I have sent emails to Hornady urging them to consider making 30-40 brass. It would seem that this cartridge would be a good fit for them.

[reincarnated]

Seems odd that one can still buy a Uberti copy (+/-) of a Winchester High Wall in 30-40, with several different style options.

[Jim Teague]

I sent e-mails to both winchester and remington and they would not even send me an e-mail back. Hope we can find someone or else I will have to use 303 brass even tho I don't want too.

[psteinmayer]

I'm fortunate in that I started saving my brass over 30 years ago, so I amassed quite a lot of it (over 500 rounds worth). Some of my brass, however has seen over 20 reloads, and is starting to wear very thin in the necks. Every match now, I find at least one cracked neck. Needless to say, my supply has been dwindling for awhile now. Add to that the fact that I separated out 200 rounds for use with cast bullets in my benchrest sporter... and I'm down to under 250 useable cases left now. I really don't want to resort to using .303 yet either.

I'm actually really pissed at myself for not buying new brass a few years ago when it was still available (and I had the money)! Hopefully, we'll get Privi on board and get them making 30-40!

[Culpeper]

I'm not waiting for my brass to wear out. I have picked up two bags of Winchester .303 brass as an emergency fall back. That gives me one hundred pieces to work with when the end comes.

Heck I may just run out and get a couple more bags.