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30-40 krag load data
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1959174" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>You are exactly correct. Like the 30-30 the 30-40 Karag was always a smokeless round, it just used the old BP naming convention. The standard Military load was originally a 220 grain RN FMJ with 40 grains of Cordite. What I should have said is the Krags did not have the better steel that was found in later chamberings of the cartridge in the Winchester 1895 that used their "Nickel Steel" smokeless barrels. They also had pretty weak actions. When the Military hopped up the round to shoot a 220 grain RN at 2200 fps there were a lot of instances of cracked bolt lugs. They recalled the hotter ammo, tore them down and reloaded to the old 2000 fps load. The 30-03 (became the 30-06) was adopted shortly there after.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1959174, member: 26077"] You are exactly correct. Like the 30-30 the 30-40 Karag was always a smokeless round, it just used the old BP naming convention. The standard Military load was originally a 220 grain RN FMJ with 40 grains of Cordite. What I should have said is the Krags did not have the better steel that was found in later chamberings of the cartridge in the Winchester 1895 that used their "Nickel Steel" smokeless barrels. They also had pretty weak actions. When the Military hopped up the round to shoot a 220 grain RN at 2200 fps there were a lot of instances of cracked bolt lugs. They recalled the hotter ammo, tore them down and reloaded to the old 2000 fps load. The 30-03 (became the 30-06) was adopted shortly there after. [/QUOTE]
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