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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.
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.
Springfield Model 1884 – .45-70 caliber trapdoor rifle. [16] Springfield Model 1886 – .45-70 caliber trapdoor carbine. [17] Springfield Model 1888 – .45-70 caliber trapdoor rifle. [18] Repeating rifle: Springfield Model 1892–99 – .30-40 caliber Krag–Jørgensen bolt action rifle. [19] Springfield Model 1903 – .30-03, .30-06 caliber ...
The Springfield Model 1888 was one of several models of rifles produced by Springfield Armory for the United States military in the late 19th century. It was the final design in a long line of rifles which used the trapdoor breechblock design developed by Erskine S. Allin in the 1860s and the last single-shot rifle to see American military service.
Modified M1903 Springfield with ejection port on the left side of the receiver to accommodate a Pedersen device.30-18 Auto, also known as the 7.65mm Longue. Prior to the United States' entry into World War I, John Pedersen, a longtime employee of Remington Arms, developed the Pedersen device. His idea was to dramatically increase the firepower ...
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 ]
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.
A round-rod bayonet model was also produced, designated the Model 1888. This, like the Springfield model 1880, was an attempt to combine the cleaning rod and bayonet into a single unit. The Model 1888 included an improved retaining mechanism, as the Model 1880's retaining mechanism had proved to be problematic.