New Limited Production Remington "CORE-LOFT"180 Grain Soft Point ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 30 Army is a Rimmed Cartridge
, introduced into the U.S. Military in 1892,
for the (Krag-Jorgensen) Bolt Action Rifle, and replaced the 45-70 Cartridge.
It had 40 grains of smokeless powder ,and
was a 30 caliber, so the nick name
: 30-40 Krag was given to it.
It was replaced in 1903 by the 30-03 or
1903Goverment, before the 30-06 replace
the 30-03 in 1906. It is still a very good hunting or seld-defense, anti personal cartridge today. |