.30-40 Krag
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The .30-40 Krag/.30 Army/.30 Government was a round of ammunition developed in the early 1890s to provide the US armed forces with a new, powerful round to fire from the rifle it was going to select in the 1892 trials. The rifle selected was ultimately the Krag-Jørgensen. It was the first round used by the US army designed for smokeless powder.
The rimmed 30-40 round was also known as .30 Army. The .30-40 Krag was the first smokeless powder round adopted by the U.S. military, but it retained the "caliber-charge" naming system of earlier black powder cartridges, i.e., the .30-40 Krag employs a .30 caliber (7.62 mm) bullet propelled by 40 grains (2.59 g) of smokeless powder. As with the .30-30 Winchester, it is the use of black powder nomenclature that often leads to the incorrect assumption that the .30-40 Krag was once a black powder cartridge.
In 1899, the .30-40 was used to shoot the world-record Rocky Mountain elk. The record stood until the latter half of the 20th century.
Currently, Remington and Winchester Ammunition are the only commercial manufacturers of .30-40 cartridges.
Rifles and Handguns Chambered in .30-40 Krag
- Krag-Jørgensen
- Winchester High-Wall
- Remington-Lee
- Remington Rolling Block
- Winchester Model 95
- Ruger No. 1
- Thompson-Center Encore
References
- Barnes, Frank C; Skinner, Stan (Ed.) (1965, 1969, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003). Cartridges of the World (10th ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87349-605-1.
- http://www.chuckhawks.com/30-40krag.htm
See also
- .30-03 (.30-45)
- .30-06 Springfield
- .30 WCF
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