30-40 Krag 30-30

[JNG]

Is there a difference between the Krag or a 30-30. I'm not talking about a real Krag, but the rounds that they use?

[sureshot]

The Krag has a little more get-up-and-go but the bigger difference is the Krag can use a much greater selection of bullets since they can shoot the pointy ones while the 30-30 is mostly used in tubular magazines so only flat-nosed bullets are allowed with the exception of the new Hornady "Leverevolution" stuff. There are some single shot and bolt-action 30-30's though.

Steve

[Booger Bill]

Unless altered I thought krags were .30 army, better known as 30-40. I have a old original winchester model 95 carbine in 30-40. A lot different than my 30-30s.

[Blaine]

The 30-40 is a mite spritelier. If all you need is two shots, I'd load up some pointy 130s and have a ball.

[Pete44ru]

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The differences are in case size/capacity.

Once upon a time:

".30-30" meant ".30 caliber, 30 grains of powder".

"30-40" meant ".30 caliber, 40 grains of powder".

A case larger than the .30-30's was required to accommodate the extra 10 grains of powder.

The .30-40 Krag is also known as the ".30 Army" & the ".30 US" - all well prior to the introduction in 1903 of the .30-03 Springfield and the .30-06 (in 1906), when it was the US service rifle round.


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[Ray Newman]

Purchase or borrow a good hand loading manual and it you will be able to make a side-by-side comparison of these two rounds. "Cartridges of the World" is also a good source for information.