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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
6 mm/.30-30 Improved, a .30-30 Ackley Improved necked down to 6 mm (.243).243 Ackley Improved, an improved .243 Winchester.25 Ackley Krag, a .30-40 Krag necked down to .25 caliber (6.2 mm).25-06 Ackley improved, an improved .25-06 Remington with a 40 degree angled shoulder.25 Ackley Krag Short, a slightly shortened .25 Ackley Krag
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It replaced the .30-03 Springfield, 6mm Lee Navy, and .30-40 Krag cartridges. The .30-06 remained the U.S. Army's primary rifle and machine gun cartridge for nearly 50 years before being replaced by the 7.62×51mm NATO and 5.56×45mm NATO, both of which remain in current U.S. and NATO service. The cartridge remains a very popular sporting round ...
The .30-03 Springfield (7.62×65mm) was a short-lived cartridge developed by the United States in 1903, to replace the .30-40 Krag in the new Springfield 1903 rifle.The .30-03 was also called the .30-45, since it used a 45 grain (2.9 g (0.10 oz)) powder charge; the name was changed to .30-03 to indicate the year of adoption. [2]