Where would one find ammo?

[Stephan]

PCI .30-40 and Remington .30-40 are all I've seen for new production .30 US Krag. I looked online and seems like all the .30-40 ammo and new brass are out of the system now.

PCI might be the company to call.

[Ned Butts]

PCI?
Never mind just googled it!!

[Bob Collins]

I purchase a wooden case of WWI dated ammunition in 2014 at the SOS. Ammunition is is sealed bandoleers with the pull strings present. Condition looks as though it was made yesterday. No corrosion no discoloration. One side of the long wooden crate is missing but still has the tin container complete. I will be glad to bring it to the 2016 SOS.

[Ned Butts]

Sportsman's Guide now lists Remington 180 gr. for $33.49/31.82

[Dick Hosmer]

Sorry, but what is "SOS"?

[CPC]

Dick,
I believe he is referring to the Show of Shows in Louisville, a large military show held each spring. It used to be held the same week as a large gun show but that changed. That said, I am a little confused because he indicates he will bring it to the 2016 SOS and that has long passed, the next show will be in Feb 2017. I hope that helps... Regards, CC

[Bob Collins]

2016 was meant to be 2017 Ohio Valley Military Society Show of Shows in Louisville, Kentucky.

[madsenshooter]

I got some of the PRVI blanks I pictured earlier in this thread. The neck and shoulder are not annealed like their brass for loading. I can't just simply size them down with the bolt as I do the reloading brass. They have to be run into a 30-40 die with the expander ball removed. I adjusted my die slowly downward till the bolt would just close on my parked Krag, which I know has the tightest chamber of all my rifles. They'll even feed through my parked Krag, if I only load one or two. Blowing out a few scheduled for tmrw.

[PhillipM]

You size brass in your rifle? Do you lube them?

[madsenshooter]

Yes, a little dab of Imperial sizing die wax on the shoulder. That's all it took for the annealed reloading brass. The body taper of the .303 is sharper than the 30-40's until blown out, the shoulder a bit smaller in diameter, so all that touches the chamber is the shoulder itself. It only takes a little extra pressure on the bolt handle, by hand, and it can be done without lube too. Just not the unannealed blank cases. Of course that means .303 ammo could be chambered and fired in a Krag. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's a handy thing to know in case you had no other ammo in a survival situation.

I cut the crimped end off one blank case just see what is in them. 10.9gr of some flake powder. It may not all be the same, might be some stuff in there meant to increase muzzle flash too. I've no use for it, know blank powder to be super fast burning, so I'll probably fire them all before turning them into Krag cases.

[BudT]

I wonder if the op found any brass or ammo for their Krag? I checked at one local gun store this morning and they had at least 4 boxes of Winchester brand on the shelf.

[madsenshooter]

I fired 14 of the Krag sized .303 blanks yesterday. On some, the crimp split a bit and in one case the split ran down the neck far enough that I won't be able to get a full length Krag case out of it. Looks like I'll be using a tubing cutter and breaking down the remaining blanks before processing the cases. I shot the blanks along towards evening, pretty impressive report and muzzle flash from the 24" barreled cutdown.

[PhillipM]

How will you remove the lip after cutting? Taper punch? Lyman M die?

[Dick Hosmer]

Went to a small local show this AM - picked up a very clean NOS Remington red/green box - full - for $25.00. You just have to keep your eyes open.

[madsenshooter]

How will you remove the lip after cutting? Taper punch? Lyman M die?

Lee tapered expander ball. Somehow, I got lucky and the first one I used the tubing cutter on came out the right Krag trim to length even though I was just eyeballing it. Little bit of a burr inside and out, not much, less than I get with my Lee Trimmer.