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This loading developed a maximum velocity of 2,000 ft/s (610 m/s) in the 30-inch (760 mm) barrel of the Krag rifle, [8] and 1,960 ft/s (600 m/s) in the 22-inch (560 mm) barrel of the Krag carbine. Due to its dimensional similarities .303 brass can be annealed and pressed into .30-40 dimensions in a full-length sizing die. A converted .303 case ...
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 powder cartridges, thus the .30-40 Krag employs a .30 caliber (7.62 mm) bullet propelled by 40 grains (3 g) of smokeless powder.
The 8×58mmR Danish Krag, also known as the 8×58mmRD, is a late 19th-century rimmed centerfire military rifle cartridge similar to other early smokeless powder designs. It was briefly adopted by Norway and Sweden and remained the standard Danish service rifle cartridge from 1889 until 1945. [2] [1] [4]
Below is a list of rimmed cartridges (R).Although similar, it must be noted that rimmed cartridges differ from rimfire cartridges ().A rimmed cartridge is a cartridge with a rim, whose primer is located in the center of the case head; the primer is detonated by the firing pin striking that center location.
0.322 [3] 58mm aka 8×58mmR Danish Krag. [3] Danish service rifle 1889-1945 8x60mm Mauser 1919 Germany 1 [13] R [13] 8×60mm 2625 [13] 2850 [13] 2.171 0.323 60mm aka 8×60mm RWS. Civilian 8mm Mauser. Comes in J and S bullets, rimmed or rimless case. Still loaded by RWS, Prvi Partizan. 8×63mm patron m/32: 1932 Sweden 1 R 8×63mm 2500 3025 0.323 ...
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.
Although good results had been obtained with the Krag cartridge case, a rimless cartridge compatible with the best (Springfield and Mauser) actions was desired. He originally intended to base the new cartridge on the .30-06 case, as proposed by Townsend Whelen , but Whelen's friend and correspondent Harvey A. Donaldson pointed out, in a letter ...
[8] [9] Mannlicher's Model 1891 rifle was adopted by Romania in 1892 as the Mannlicher M1893 and the Netherlands in 1895. They used the first of a series of 6.5-millimetre (0.26 in) Mannlicher cartridges [1] which became the standard service rifle cartridge for the Romanian Mannlicher M1893 from 1893 to 1938, [2] and the Dutch Geweer M. 95 from ...