Finding .348 brass is impossible!

DoubleExpert · January 31, 2017, 10:48 PM

I've been on the hunt for a few weeks for some of this brass and have come up with 35 casings. LOL Does anyone know somewhere to get it that won't cost me an arm and a leg??

Tried google, armslist, gunbroker..

**44 AMP** · January 31, 2017, 11:47 PM

There is no .348 brass that will not cost you "an arm and a leg". sorry.

Its a niche round, demand is low, production is "seasonal" so price is high, and availability is spotty. (as in rare as hen's teeth

)

About 5 years ago, I found some at a gun show, (for a friend who has a .348) as best he can recall, it he got 100 new cases for $60.

It would not surprise me if you find any today to be looking at $1 each, or maybe even more.

My friend tells me that you can form .348 brass from .50-110 cases, which might be easier to find, though I have no idea of the cost involved.

Good Luck.

DoubleExpert · January 31, 2017, 11:52 PM

I would be willing to go $1 per casing. Is that too cheap?

rg1 · February 1, 2017, 12:12 AM

Gunbroker is your best bet.
http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=348+brass
I see what you mean about expensive.

Chainsaw. · February 1, 2017, 12:28 AM

50-110 is about $1.05 per case from starline. You should be able to get alot of loadings from each case.

bigcountryeb · February 1, 2017, 01:14 AM

You might try contacting some of the minor online brass dealers directly such as Precision Once Fired Brass or Elite Reloading. There is also a small outfit in Kansas that sells brass on GunBroker but I can't remember the name. I suspect these folks all have a bunch of odds and ends of brass sitting around but never gather enough to make it worth their while to sell. However, maybe at $1 or more per piece they would be willing to hunt some up from the "back room" for you.

HiBC · February 1, 2017, 02:33 AM

Not in stock,but leads:

https://www.midwayusa.com/348-winchester/br?cid=7575

http://www.buffaloarms.com/Reloading....aspx?CAT=3841

Which is about as good as I can do looking for 30-40 Krag

Salmoneye · February 1, 2017, 08:09 AM

I was under the impression that .348 Win could be readily formed from 8mm Lebel, no?

T. O'Heir · February 1, 2017, 02:44 PM

Both Midway and Graf's show Jamison as the only current maker and they're not making any. Supposedly coming to Midway from them in April. Quality is over due. No brass at Buffalo either.
8mm Lebel runs $79.99 per 100 at Graf's. However, it's 8mm Lebel that gets made out of .348. Doesn't appear to be any .348 case forming dies. Parent case is the .50 WCF. Nothing else big enough.

skids · February 3, 2017, 05:51 PM

DoubleExpert,
I am selling my Win. 71. I will have no need for the brass I have saved.
I have 34 new Win. unfired brass, 30 once fired and 40 Hornady 200gr. bullets.
If you are interestedplease let me know.

Skids

FITASC · February 3, 2017, 06:04 PM

http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx...nchester+brass

January 31, 2017, 10:48 PM	#1
DoubleExpert Junior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 8	Finding .348 brass is impossible! I've been on the hunt for a few weeks for some of this brass and have come up with 35 casings. LOL Does anyone know somewhere to get it that won't cost me an arm and a leg?? Tried google, armslist, gunbroker..

January 31, 2017, 11:47 PM	#2
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,833	There is no .348 brass that will not cost you "an arm and a leg". sorry. Its a niche round, demand is low, production is "seasonal" so price is high, and availability is spotty. (as in rare as hen's teeth ) About 5 years ago, I found some at a gun show, (for a friend who has a .348) as best he can recall, it he got 100 new cases for $60. It would not surprise me if you find any today to be looking at $1 each, or maybe even more. My friend tells me that you can form .348 brass from .50-110 cases, which might be easier to find, though I have no idea of the cost involved. Good Luck. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

February 1, 2017, 12:28 AM	#5
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	50-110 is about $1.05 per case from starline. You should be able to get alot of loadings from each case. __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

February 1, 2017, 02:44 PM	#9
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Both Midway and Graf's show Jamison as the only current maker and they're not making any. Supposedly coming to Midway from them in April. Quality is over due. No brass at Buffalo either. 8mm Lebel runs $79.99 per 100 at Graf's. However, it's 8mm Lebel that gets made out of .348. Doesn't appear to be any .348 case forming dies. Parent case is the .50 WCF. Nothing else big enough. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

February 3, 2017, 05:51 PM	#10
skids Junior Member Join Date: February 3, 2017 Posts: 1	348 Win. Brass DoubleExpert, I am selling my Win. 71. I will have no need for the brass I have saved. I have 34 new Win. unfired brass, 30 once fired and 40 Hornady 200gr. bullets. If you are interestedplease let me know. Skids

January 31, 2017, 11:52 PM	#3
DoubleExpert Junior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 8	I would be willing to go $1 per casing. Is that too cheap?

February 1, 2017, 12:12 AM	#4
rg1 Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2001 Posts: 1,125	Gunbroker is your best bet. http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=348+brass I see what you mean about expensive.

February 1, 2017, 01:14 AM	#6
bigcountryeb Junior Member Join Date: January 30, 2017 Posts: 8	You might try contacting some of the minor online brass dealers directly such as Precision Once Fired Brass or Elite Reloading. There is also a small outfit in Kansas that sells brass on GunBroker but I can't remember the name. I suspect these folks all have a bunch of odds and ends of brass sitting around but never gather enough to make it worth their while to sell. However, maybe at $1 or more per piece they would be willing to hunt some up from the "back room" for you.

February 1, 2017, 02:33 AM	#7
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,286	Not in stock,but leads: https://www.midwayusa.com/348-winchester/br?cid=7575 http://www.buffaloarms.com/Reloading....aspx?CAT=3841 Which is about as good as I can do looking for 30-40 Krag

February 1, 2017, 08:09 AM	#8
Salmoneye Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 2,076	I was under the impression that .348 Win could be readily formed from 8mm Lebel, no?

February 3, 2017, 06:04 PM	#11
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx...nchester+brass __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa