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General >> Older threads >> Choosing brass for the .30-40 Krag http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1328116346 Message started by Short Round on Feb 1^st, 2012 at 5:12pm

Title: Re: Choosing brass for the .30-40 Krag
Post by Short Round on Apr 28^th, 2012 at 1:01pm

Holy Moly!

I just finally got in my Remington brass from Midway (only place I could find it).

Upon handling the brass I was immediately struck at how much lighter the current brass weight is.

old brass marked Rem-UMC over .30 USA weighs 289 grains
new brass marked R-P over .30-40 Krag weighs 259 grains

30 grains of brass is huge, the old brass definetely feels more substantial. I wish I had more than the 14 pieces of the old stuff.