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The Springfield Model 1892–99 Krag–Jørgensen rifle is a Norwegian-designed bolt-action rifle that was adopted in 1892 as the standard United States Army military longarm, chambered for U.S. caliber .30-40 Krag cartridges.
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.
As with the .30-30 Winchester, it is the use of black powder nomenclature that leads to the incorrect assumption that the .30-40 Krag was once a black powder cartridge. In U.S. service, the Krag eventually proved uncompetitive with Mauser-derived designs, most notably in combat operations in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish ...
Initially the Model 1895 was available only chambered in the 303 Savage, a similar cartridge to Winchester's .30-30 but usually loaded with heavier bullets of 185gr or 190gr. The Model 1899 was also only available in 303 Savage initially, but in 1900 they added the 30-30 and in 1903 they added the 25-35, the 32-40, and 38-55.
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 ...
Springfield Model 1892–99 – .30-40 caliber Krag–Jørgensen bolt action rifle. [19] Springfield Model 1903 – .30-03, .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle. [20] Springfield Model 1922 – .22 LR caliber bolt action training rifle. [21] Self-loading rifle: M1 Garand – .30-06 caliber semi-automatic rifle. [22] M14 rifle – .308 caliber ...
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Due to very close dimensional relationships, boxer-primed cartridge cases can be made by resizing and trimming .303 British [19] or .30-40 Krag (.30-40 US) [20] brass, and Fire forming the resulting altered brass cases in the 6.5x53R chamber.