30-caliber bullet propelled by 40 grains (2.6В g) of smokeless powder. military, it retained the 'caliber-charge' naming system of earlier black powder cartridges, i.e. 30-40 Krag was the first smokeless powder round adopted by the U.S. This loading developed a maximum velocity of 2,000В ft/s (610В m/s) in the 30-inch (760В mm) barrel of the Krag rifle, and 1,960В ft/s (600В m/s) in the 22-inch (560В mm) barrel of the Krag carbine. 30 Army loading was standardized in 1894 using a 220-grain (14В g) metal-jacketed round-nose bullet with 40В gr (2.6В g) of nitrocellulose powder. After a brief experiment with a 230-grain bullet loading, the. 30-40 was the first cartridge adopted by the US Army that was designed from the outset for smokeless powder. Navy and Marine Corps had adopted limited numbers of smokeless powder and bolt-action rifles, the. 2 Rifles, handguns, and other weapons chambered in.It was also used in M1893 and later Gatling guns. The design selected was ultimately the KragвЂ“JГёrgensen, formally adopted as the M1892 Springfield.

45-70 Government, the round was considered small-bore at the time. Since the cartridge it was replacing was the. 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. 30 Army) was a cartridge developed in the early 1890s to provide the U.S.

First cartridge adopted by the US Army that was designed for smokeless powder.30-40 Krag

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