Thread: Lee Enfields and the 30-40 Krag.

The 30-40 is a great cartridge for the handloader
Brass can be made from 303
It has a nice long neck and conventional shoulder
Great case capacity gets you in to mild 308 velocities at the lower pressures required for vintage rifles.
30-40 was originally barreled 1:10" so will stabilise everything from light to heavy projectiles

It is essentially identical to the 303 Brit but has a better range of bullets available

I still want an 1885 303 though !

Originally Posted by kristopher

And so my credit card trembles. ��

But the PH 30-40 and it would hardly hurt the credit card at all

Better yet trade me a decent action for it

LOL ...... I could have. Just finished a 25/303 refurbishment.

Archie Moore had a 30/40 krag built by Din Collins ages ago. If memory recalls he had very good result in some obscure range event.

I used Din's 30-40 chamber reamer for my build.
It was a very well used chamber reamer and had obviously cut a lot of chambers and been sharpened a few times because it cut a way under sized outer shoulder and neck.
And it was not a great looking chamber straight off the tool.
But a number of hours honing and polishing the chamber to fit fired brass from my other 30-40 sized through my dies and I have a very nice chamber sized exactly to my dies.

So my precious genuine head stamped 30-40 brass will only be lightly worked during re sizing
And this is maybe contributing to the accuracy.
But I will give most of the credit to the Vulcan barrel