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Stock altered slightly (made thicker). M1896 Cadet Rifle – model which was fitted with cleaning rod like M1892 rifle. Only about 400 were made before it was discontinued. M1896 Carbine – model with the same modifications as the M1896 Rifle. M1898 Rifle – a model that generally much like M1896, but with a wide range of minor changes.
The .30-40 Krag, also known as the .30 U.S. and .30 Army, was a rifle cartridge developed in the early 1890s to provide the U.S. armed forces with a smokeless powder cartridge suited for use with modern small-bore repeating rifles to be selected in the 1892 small arm trials.
Danish M.1889 carbine. After strenuous tests, Denmark adopted the Krag–Jørgensen rifle on July 3, 1889. The Danish rifle differed in several key areas from the weapons later adopted by the United States and Norway, particularly in its use of a forward (as opposed to downward) hinged magazine door, the use of rimmed ammunition, and the use of an outer steel liner for the barrel.
Erik Jørgensen (17 May 1848 – 15 September 1896) was a Norwegian master gunsmith, well known for his cooperation with Ole Herman Johannes Krag in developing the first successful Krag–Jørgensen rifle. [1]
The Model 1896 rifle in 6.5×55mm (6,5 mm Gevär m/96) was adopted in 1896 for infantry use, replacing the Model 1867–1889 Remington rolling block rifle in 8×58mmR Danish Krag. Swedish production (under license) started in 1898 at Carl Gustafs, but additional rifles were produced by Mauser during 1899 and 1900 because of delays in shipping ...
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 ...
So as a stop-gap measure rifles and carbines with rolling-block action were converted to a for that time period very modern centerfire cartridge, the 8×58mmR Danish Krag (bullet diameter .322 in/8.17mm, bullet weight 237 grains/15.29 grams, muzzle velocity 1,965 ft per second/600 m/s), with the designation "gevär m/1867-89" used for converted ...
The Krag–Petersson remained in use in the Royal Norwegian Navy for almost 25 years, alongside the Jarmann, and, from 1896, the Krag–Jørgensen. By 1900, they were considered obsolete and sold to civilians, [ 2 ] many of whom rebuilt the rifles to centerfire and in a few cases to shotguns. [ 2 ]
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