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JdA KCA Forum Member Offline I Might Have An Addiction Posts: 9 Location: Republic of Texas Joined: Dec 26^th, 2009 Gender:	.405 Winchester 1898 Custom Dec 26^th, 2009 at 5:33pm	Print Post
	About seven years ago my dad and I rebuilt a 1898 carbine into a .405 winchester rifle. The rim diameter of the .405 and 30-40 match very closely so it's a simple matter of rebarreling the action. Just a neat idea for anyone who happens by a Krag with a ruined bore.

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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: .405 Winchester 1898 Custom Reply #1 - Dec 27^th, 2009 at 9:27pm	Print Post
	Ouch - but probably a lot more fun than in an M1895 Winchester with that crescent buttplate! Did you have any feeding problems? Head size is not the only issue which must be addressed to assure smooth and reliable feeding. I'm assuming you did it for hunting, possibly of "dangerous" game? Not the time to have a bullet nose hang up! Another upsize for the sporting Krag is to go to a new .35 barrel. This will pretty much replicate .358 Winchester performance - much as the .30-40 produces almost the same ballistics as normal FACTORY .308 loads. There once was a standard .35 Winchester (rimmed) cartridge, also made for the M1895, which was basically just a necked-up Krag.


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JdA KCA Forum Member Offline I Might Have An Addiction Posts: 9 Location: Republic of Texas Joined: Dec 26^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: .405 Winchester 1898 Custom Reply #2 - Dec 28^th, 2009 at 4:16pm	Print Post
	Well we really only built it because it was my great grand uncle's and the rifle means alot to my dad. But the bore was rotten. It got up scaled to .405 and between the 27.5L x .75" OD barrel and beautifully designed stock it feels like a .22 Hornet when you squeeze the trigger.

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