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25-40 KRAG dies,brass,ammo

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  • jonk
    Not too big a market for this caliber but I would put it up at gunbroker as a lot or on ebay.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • corporalgungee
    I am interested in your dies if you still have them
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  • wanted man
    ^^^^^^^^[:(!]

    NO offers to buy, sell or trade in the discussion forums guys, it undermines the very business which brings us these forums FREE OF CHARGE........j/s


    Ha ha ha...not paying attention to the posting date...[:o)]
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  • jonk
    Considering this post was from TEN YEARS AGO, I'm fairly certain he has moved the stuff by now... [;)]
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  • rufe-snow
    Responding to a 10+ year old post, likely is a exercise in futility?
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  • corporalgungee
    I had thought that it might not be kool to respond to this , but it was a very old posting ; and has anyone even tried to find these dies before ? It's about as a much possibility as it is that he actually still has the dies from 10+ years ago ! I did a search on the site in things for sale in this caliber and a big fat ZERO , not a thing !
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by corporalgungee
    I had thought that it might not be kool to respond to this , but it was a very old posting ; and has anyone even tried to find these dies before ? It's about as a much possibility as it is that he actually still has the dies from 10+ years ago ! I did a search on the site in things for sale in this caliber and a big fat ZERO , not a thing !



    The dies are commonly known as 25 Krag. Since it's a non- standardized "Wildcat" cartridge. There is no assurance that the sizing die will form the brass correctly, so that it will chamber in your rifle. Custom die makers like RCBS & C & H. Require cartridges that have been fired in your rifle to make the full length sizing die.

    If your seriously intending in reloading for the .25 Krag? I would go that route. Send C & H or RCBS fired brass from your rifle. So that they can make custom sizing and seating dies.





    EDIT #1,

    You will have to have the barrel "slugged" and a "chamber cast" made, before doing anything else. If you are not familiar with these two processes? Take the rifle to a competent gunsmith, to have it done. Right now you are just flying blind. You don't know the bore diameter of the barrel, or chamber dimensions.
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  • corporalgungee
    Thank You for that information , as I am not even sure of the variation of this cartridge that I have as the barrel is completely unmarked . Rifle is a Winchester 1895 and barrel seems to have been recycled from another rifle , possibly a military one as there is a notch cross wise for a pin or screw , like for a barrel band just a few inches from the muzzle . I just recently had bought the rifle here off of an auction # 377554162 on GunBroker .
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  • charliemeyer007
    Try posting in the want ads. As an kid Dad had one on Krag action. It shot really good with cast bullets.
    http://forums.GunBroker.com/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=7
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