Put myself on the waiting list this morning at CH tool for a set of dies.  I am number four on the wait list. Gentleman told me they want another 1-2 backorders and that would get the wait time down to around six months.  No commitment to buy, but if you are looking for a set or think you may need one, please call and order and maybe we can get a run made sooner rather than later. Thank you

The 38-40 Remington Hepburn cartridge is a shortened version of the popular for BPCR 38-50 Remington Hepburn. Remington could mark the barrels for the 38-40 as 38 1 3/4 vs 38 2 1/4 for the 38-50. The earliest Remington references had a couple of other names for it like cartridges for the so-and-so rifle. The 30-40 Krag was actually based on the 38-50 brass and now in a reversal provides the donor to make 38-50/38-40 Remington Hepburn cartridges. 38-50 Remington Hepburn reloading dies have been used by some to reload 38-40 Remington Hepburn cartridges but sometimes require hammering the formed 38-40 brass fully into the 38-50 sizing die and knocking it out to get it to chamber in some rifles.

I was on the wait list for months. Based on the post earlier this morning I called, verified that I was #1, for one set, and after asking about what it would take to get it going, that being they needed one more, I changed my order to two and paid for them.
Now they should be out in 6-10 months. Who knows, maybe sooner.

rifleman wrote on Aug 18^th, 2025 at 1:15pm:


I ended up grinding about 3/16 of an inch off of my 38-50 dies to get them to chamber. Then the light bulb went on and I tried sizing some in my 40-70 sharps straight dies and it reduced them right at the base and now they go in easily.