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[HBrebel]

hey guys, my old man and I went to the gun show in costa mesa and I saw him looking at those Krag rifles. I know he is not at all interested in the sporterized rifles, just the originals. Does anybody know some good places for him to search?

[Remus]

The krag surplus rifles got a bit popular a few years ago, they pop up in used gun shops from time to time, without knowing your location all I can suggest is to call your local shops and inquire and/or check the classifieds regularly on calguns - I haven't seen one in the bay area for quite some time but I ran into 5 of them in Tacoma/Olympia. Otherwise, its up to gunbroker and the other auction sites. You may want to narrow your search a bit more, is he interested in a carbine or a rifle?

[E. Fudd]

Factory ammo can be very hard to find. Load-X in Santa Rosa does have them.

[Mike A]

Factory ammo is only made once a year by the Remchesters. I saw Remington 180 gr. softnose for sale in the most recent Cabella's flier, so they must run it in the spring.

I shoot .30-40 quite a bit (not in a Krag) and have found new brass is usually available from Midway and other big dealers; can be mailed.

My brother bought a new Win Hi-wall replica .30-40 from C.Sharps last year (he really liked mine!) and we had to search for ammo, since he doesn't handload. We found plenty by asking on the various gun websites: www.gunboards.com, www.24hourcampfire.com, www.rugerforum.com, www.leverguns.com, etc., etc. Some of it was brand new softnose; some was REALLY old 220 gr. full patch military ammo made by commercial mfrs. around WWI. (I kept that; DON'T tell him!).

I see Krags for sale on the "Trader" forum of www.gunboards.com fairly often. Since many of them are legal antiques, you can just have them UPSed to you.

[HBrebel]

The old man is only interested in the original condition rifle not sporterized. He will be doing his own reloads. thanks for all the links guys

[CEDaytonaRydr]

The old man is only interested in the original condition rifle not sporterized. He will be doing his own reloads. thanks for all the links guys

If your Dad is a reloader, he can use .303 brass, size it through a .30-40 sizing die and trim it to Krag length. That makes finding brass a lot easier.

If he has any Enfields, he'll want to mark the ones he modifies but they work fine...