Reason I ask is I happened to be looking at .30-40 brass at Graf's and darned if they don't have a bunch of Captech overrun brass cheaper than either Hornady or Privi Partizan.
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Posts: 16698 | Location: Las Cruces, NM | Registered: 03 June 2000
Bill, I still shoot my father's old Krag sporter that he bought as a teen in the early 1930s. It has the receiver peep, and shoots quite well. I have probably 200 brass on hand, but thanks for the heads-up.
Posts: 20176 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009
Bill,thanks for the heads up. I also am in pretty good shape for brass. No point in trying to post pics of mine that I made into a scout.The external looks about normal;the beauty + 98% of the labor are internal.It has to be seen to be appreciated.
Krags are great, smoother even than M-S rifles. I'm the current custodian of a '96 sporter w/receiver sight. It likes 220 sierras (or Hornadys) loaded mild with 40 grs of H4350 and, oddly enough, the 150 gr Barnes TSX made for 30-30 with 34 grains of 3031 seated to 3.030". I haven't chronographed the TSXs yet, but they'll even feed from the magazine most of the time.
Posts: 978 | Location: paradise with an ocean view | Registered: 09 April 2002
Have two, a pretty nice old sporter, and a Siam Mauser conversion in 30-40. Fun shooters, both. FWIW, easy to make functional 30-40 brass from 303 Brit.
Posts: 8169 | Location: humboldt | Registered: 10 April 2002
Bill,I cut + crowned the bbl. @ 18". I shoot the Sierra 220 G. R.N. jacketed.I have several 30 cal. moulds but that Sierra works so well I just leave it alone.
I am good on brass, too, but thanks for the notice. I have a '96 that started as a Bannerman sporter, with a genuine carbine stock. The barrel was shot out so I put a replacement Criterion carbine barrel on it that I got from CMP, and a carbine front sight. It is now all correct except for the rear sight, which is a rifle sight.
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Posts: 3866 | Location: Eastern Slope, Colorado, USA | Registered: 01 March 2001
Is the Captech/Grafs brand brass better than the Winchester brass that is available? I see I can get the Winchester brass cheaper than the Captech/Grafs even with those being on sale
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i don't know about graffs brass. i'm still using 1960's remington and winchester brass. i bought 50 pcs of remington brass in 2012 or 13 and they are ok.
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