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The 8mm Lebel was introduced in 1886
7.65 x53mm Belgian Mauser (Argentine) adopted 1889
6.5 x 55mm Swede / Norweigen Mauser, 1891
30 US Army (30-40 Krag) 1892
7x57mm Mauser 1892
303 Savage 1894
6mm Lee Navy 1894, ( a rimmed version was tried in 1891.)
303 British converted to Smokeless in the 1890s
6.5x50mm Semi-Rimmed (6.5x50SR) Japan 1897
Winchester started working on the smokeless 30-30 in 1891, this was a spin -off of their work with the Army on the 30 US Army (30-40 Krag) round.
This eventually resulted in the .30 WINCHESTER SMOKELESScartridge which carried the .30 W.C.F. (Winchester Center Fire) designation on the head stamp, first appeared in Winchester's catalog No. 55, dated August, 1895.
Union Metallic Cartridge Company (U.M.C.) was later contracted to make a copy of this cartridge for Marlin. So the name 30-30 was born. This is also how the 38WFC became the 38-40 when chambered in Marlin rifles. ..
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What was the first high powered rifle?
That would PROBABLY be the first rifle to use a smokeless powder cartridge- the French 8mm Lebel.
When you shoot a gun does the smoke affect the o zone?
what little smoke that is generated by smokeless powder cartridge,s,hence the name smokeless powder does not effect the ozone.
What kind of gun powder does a rifle cartridge use?
Depends on the cartridge, Early cartridges used black powder, Modern cartridges use smokeless powder, based on nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. There are hundreds of different smokeless powders that have different recipes, grain shapes, and burning rates.
Did the M1903 Springfield rifle fire black powder?
No. The 1903 Springfield was initially chambered in the 30-03 cartridge, later modified to the 30-06 cartridge. The latter cartridge is still manufactured and very popular. Virtually all firearms after 1895 shoot smokeless powder.
First country to use smokeless powder rifles?
France
Are smokeless grills smokeless?
NO
When was the first cartridge firearms made?
There was a Henry lever-action rifle that existed during the Civil War (1860s). It used metallic cartridges (self-contained, with a primer on one end and a bullet in the other). But the real popularity of cartridges in firearms didn't happen until the 1870s. Remember this first generation of cartridge-using firearms were all made for black powder, until smokeless or "nitro" powder got popular around 1900.
What was the first cartridge to ever feature a belt?
The first, and probably the first practical and popular belted magnum cartridge is/was the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum. The first NON-magnum belted cartridge was the .400/,375 Nitro Express H&H cartridge. See link below for more information
What size rounds will a 30-40 Krag shoot?
30-40 Krag is a cartridge also called 30 Army. It uses a 30 caliber bullet and 40 grains of smokeless powder.
What has more nicotine smokeless or cigarettes?
Smokeless
Witch black powder is better smokless powder or regular black powder?
Black powder and smokeless powder are two totally different animals. For all intents smokeless is meant for loading cartridges and black powder is used for muzzle loading fire arms. Black powder can also be used in cartridge loads. You have heard terms referring to a gun in 45-70 on 38-20 or 44-40 calibers. Those numbers refer to the caliber (45) and the amount of black powder in the cartridge (70 grains) Smokeless powder should NEVER be used in place of black powder in muzzle loaders, or in the same volume as black powder in cartridge loads. So depending on what you are shooting both powders have there place.
When was the first bullet cartrage made not black powder what year and what caliber was it chambered in?
The first feasible production firearm designed around a form of smokeless powder was the model 1886 Lebel rifle, which used the Poudre B powder invented by Paul Vieille. It was designed in 1885, and production began in 1887. It fired a 8x50R cartridge.
