Brass Availability Question

[Rick H.]

Are any of the brass manufacturers such as Winchester or Remington actually making .30-40 brass shell cases anymore? Most of the places where I used to buy empty cases from no longer carry .30-40 Krag brass. Thanks......

Rick H.

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[todd doyka]

remington does, around hunting season. i'm waiting too for brass.

[browningautorifle]

I buy live ammo at gunshows when it's there. I'm in Canada so it's worse here. I can buy factory new ammo at our gunstore here but it's about $45 CDN a box of 20. The way I've done it, I now have nearly 500 rds to rotate through. We never get the new unprimed brass here...never.

[Rick H.]

Thanks for the replies guys. I haven't been shooting Krags for very long and at first I was able to find new Winchester and Remington brass all over. Now I can't find it anywhere. I have even written to some of the brass manufacturers trying to get them interested in making .30-40 brass but so far no luck.

Rick H.

[Prince Humperdink]

I couldn't find any around here,so I made some using .303 British HXP brass run through a FL sizing die to knock the shoulder back.The neck is a bit shorter,but I just use a longer bullet,and measure OL.These work fine for me,and I was told,no different than .38 in .357's,except not nearly as extreme.

[Rick H.]

Not trying to confuse anyone that reads this old post of mine, but I was recently informed by a couple of sources that Winchester and Remington are out of the .30-40 ammunition making business. As I was told earlier in my post I can fabricate brass for use in my Krag, but has anyone heard if any other brass manufacturer is considering making .30-40 brass? I guess I'm pretty lucky that just about the time I bought my first Krag I also bought a few bags of new Remington brass, but it doesn't hurt to have another source for components.

Thanks, Rick H.

[Richardwv]

Not sure of your sources, but Remington sales still thinks they make it in the core-lokt line.

[mr.tickle]

Not sure of your sources, but Remington sales still thinks they make it in the core-lokt line.

It is not the ammo they are discontinuing but the selling of empty brass cases. About a month and a half ago I got an email from Midway saying the Remington Krag brass went from "Out of Stock" to "Discontinued"

On a side note I emailed Starline, Hornady, and Jamison/Captech about the possibility of making 30/40 brass. Hornady said they do not have plans but will pass the message along. Starline and Jamison have not responded to the emails I have sent them.

[henry r]

you could try Bertram Brass in Australia, i didn't see it on a list of their products, but that was on a re-sellers site so... if you buy from them direct from them it isn't quite as expensive. over here their .303 is A$100 posted for 100 cases (last time i asked, 6-9 months ago).

[browningautorifle]

That's about what it is here too, for new brass.