I found 8 boxes of unfired WW 30-40 Krag brass in my reloading stuff.

I always wanted a rifle in 30-40. I need one I can mount a scope on.

Single shots work well to.

What rifles should I be looking at.

custom #1 or #3 Ruger. Kobe did a nice job on a 22 Jet for me.

That's a possibility

Winchester 1895. Only the version as done by Browning in the late 80's early 90's. Really well done rifles.

A rifle that I have always wanted, but just can't find for a good price.

Jeremy

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Originally posted by farbedo:
Winchester 1895. Only the version as done by Browning in the late 80's early 90's. Really well done rifles.

A rifle that I have always wanted, but just can't find for a good price.

Jeremy

That'd be my pick too!

I'd want a sporterized Krag 1898.

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Originally posted by waterrat:

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Originally posted by farbedo:
Winchester 1895. Only the version as done by Browning in the late 80's early 90's. Really well done rifles.

A rifle that I have always wanted, but just can't find for a good price.

Jeremy

That'd be my pick too!

Me too!

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
I'd want a sporterized Krag 1898.

There is a lot of them out there

There's actually quite a few very nice single shots on GunBroker including beauty by C Sharps.

Not made for a scope, but another cool gun would be the Winchester 1895. Quite a few of those chambered for the Krag.

Here's my .30-40 Krag Winchester Single Shot, metal work by Harry Creighton, stock by Hal Hartley. Inspired by Townsend Whelen's writings about his own .30-40 Winchester Single Shot.

Nice what's the weight on it

I still have my father's sporterized 30-40 Krag he bought from the NRA or CMP probably in the 1930s, for $4.25 as I recall. It has a receiver sight, and still shoots well to point of aim. I need to take a couple Whitetails with it in his memory.

Uberti makes a hi wall replica in 30-40, I think Cimarron has them.

If you wanted to go cheap maybe a handi rifle in 30-30 could be rechambered?

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Originally posted by dean119:
Uberti makes a hi wall replica in 30-40, I think Cimarron has them.

If you wanted to go cheap maybe a handi rifle in 30-30 could be rechambered?

I looked at Cimarron web site their high wall looks like it would work does anybody have one and if so how does it shoot

I'd send a message out to Siam Krag, he has a beautiful .30-40 built on a Siamese Mauser.

I bought an old homestead 1985 30-40 Krag this last summer for $350. It took some horsetrading but I was happy.

Winchester 1895. I have a japanese version in carbine form. Like it lots!

I have always enjoyed the look of a sporterized Krag like the one below. If you want find one like that, that would be my vote.


(Credit for the photo goes to mjpetrov of photobucket.)

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Originally posted by Antlers:

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Originally posted by waterrat:

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Originally posted by farbedo:
Winchester 1895. Only the version as done by Browning in the late 80's early 90's. Really well done rifles.

A rifle that I have always wanted, but just can't find for a good price.

Jeremy

That'd be my pick too!

Me too!

A very good friend of mine has an original 95 in 30/40 that is in great shape although it was rebarreled by P.O. Ackley. Whoever the original owner/owners were no doubt had shot lots of corrosive ammo in it and so it needed the rebarrel job. He got the rifle in the early 70 because he is a Winchester guy and his young son was strongly left handed.
It is a very nice easy shooting rifle. It has the pivoting peep sight on it.

You cant scope a Win 95 unless you want to off set it and that's not a good thing..

What a nice custom Krag, those actions are so smooth but again hard to scope properly..I think your best bet is to rebarrel a Ruger no.1

Personally, I'd hate to spend much money on a 30-40 although its a nice old caliber and I have used it some on deer with success, and seen it used on elk, but there are a bunch of better calibers out there.

I would love to have an original Krag carbine in 30-40 just to play with.