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I love old guns and I can’t quit buying them, although I’ve decided to sell a few. Meanwhile, I picked up this nice 38-72 and now need to find brass and dies for it. If anyone has any let me know…
I have to thank Rob Kassab for helping me with this gun, he helped me find out it was correct. When it came in, I was in Texas and my dealer described the gun as cut, wrong sights and barrel. You can imagine what feelings I had, when I was too far away to see it myself and with a quick call to Rob, I was assured the gun was right. Thanks again to Rob for your help!
I made my cases from 9.3x74R which are easy to get here in Germany. Of course, .405 Winchester also work perfect.
Stay healthy
Stefan
Actually 405 winchester brass won’t work. The 40-72 and 38-72 were early black powder cartridges and when the 405 Winchester came out, the case dimensions were the same, but they put a thicker rim on the 405, so it wouldn’t fit into the chamber of the 40-72 and blow it up…
You are right, the bolt shoud not close on a gun with correct headspace. You need a lathe for the 405s. But be sure to twist of on the body side.
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