.30/40 Krag

[jimmyj]

Was the original .30/40 Krag ammo lead or jacketed bullets ?

 

[TJm15.38]

It was a 220 grain round nose FMJ

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/the-30-40-krag-history-performance/

 

[Nevada Ed]

A fantastic "Lobe" round for the iron sights on the rifle !!

A long distance, 30-30.

 

[QuackHunter99]

They were jacketed, I have a very early box of original bullets somewhere. Want to say they are a bimetal jacket or they’re tin plated

 

[Top Strap]

A fantastic "Lobe" round for the iron sights on the rifle !!

A long distance, 30-30.

The Texas Rangers sure liked them.

 

[DWalt]

The .30-‘03 Springfield military cartridge used a very similar jacketed (gilding metal) RN .30 bullet as used for the .30-40, but it didn’t last very long before a lighter spitzer FMJ .30 bullet was adopted by the Army for the .30-‘06 cartridge. The Winchester Model 1895 rifle and carbine (22”) chambered in .30-40 were favorites of both the Texas and Arizona Rangers. I once had several hundred of the 220 grain .30-‘03 FMJ RN bullets, sold them several years back. Many large game hunters preferred using the heavy .30 FMJ RN bullets as they penetrated large animals very deeply.

 

[Piwo]

I have an 1894 marked one that was long ago sporterized. The original bullet was a cupronickle jacketed bullet. At the sedate Krag velocities it was manageable to clean the bullet fouling from the bore. And foul they did! When the same bullet was used in the 30-03, the fouling was a major issue. If you look at the original Krag loads, I can see where someone might mistake the silver cupronickle as a lead bullet. Too, the Krag is an excellent cast bullet rifle and a lot of people load it that way.