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The rimmed.30-40 round was also known as .30 Army or .30 U.S. Although the .30-40 Krag was the first smokeless powder round adopted by the U.S. military, it retained the "caliber-charge" naming system of earlier black powder cartridges, i.e. a .30-caliber bullet propelled by 40 grains (2.6 g) of smokeless powder.
Krag–Jørgensen: Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen: 8×58mmR Danish Krag.30-40 Krag 6.5×55mm Norway: 1886 Krag–Petersson: Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Axel Jacob Petersson: 12.17×44mm rimfire Norway: 1872 Kropatschek rifle: 8×56mmR 8×60mmR Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1886 Lee–Enfield: James Paris Lee Royal Small ...
In March 1900 the remaining stocks of this ammunition, some 3.5 million rounds, was returned to the arsenals, broken down, and reloaded back to the original 2,000 ft/s (610 m/s) specification. Although the .30-40 Krag was the first smokeless powder round adopted by the U.S. military, it retained the "caliber-charge" designation of earlier black ...
From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, 2.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3.22 Long Rifle, ... .30-378 Weatherby Magnum.30-40 Krag.300 Precision Rifle Cartridge.300-221
US Army .30-40 Krag cartridge box. Date: 0009: Source: Own work: Author: Ryan D. Larson: Permission (Reusing this file) I, the author, release this image to the ...
Krag–Jørgensen: 6.5×55mm.30-40 Krag. 8×58mmR Danish Krag. 1886 Norway: Lebel 1886 rifle: 8×50mmR Lebel: 1887 France: Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I.303 British: 1931 United Kingdom: Lee-Metford.303 British: 1884 United Kingdom: M1870/87 Italian Vitterli Vitali: 6.5x52mm Carcano: 1887 Kingdom of Italy: M1903 Springfield rifle.30-03.30-06 ...
Blake submitted two of his rifles to the trials, [1] both chambered in .30 Blake cartridge — a rimless version of the .30-40 Krag cartridge. [3] On August 19, 1892, Army Board recommended the Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen rifle to be adopted as the new service rifle. American designers were against the Army's adoption of a foreign design.
The US 'Krags' were chambered for the rimmed "cartridge, caliber 30, U.S. Army", round, also known as the .30 U.S., .30 Army, or .30 Government, and, more popularly, by its civilian name, the .30-40 Krag. The .30 Army was the first smokeless powder round adopted by the U.S. military, but its civilian name retained the "caliber-charge ...