As a military round, however, its reign was fairly brief, lasting just shy of 20 years before being supplanted by the 30-40.Īs repeating rifles became more common, advances were being made in gunpowder as well so-called “smokeless” powders offered better performance than black powder, without producing telltale clouds of white smoke and sulphurous fouling that could devour guns.
Perhaps that’s why the 45-70 Government is still going strong, 140 years after its introduction in the 1873 Springfield rifle. One thing has been true for far more than a century: if you want to ensure a cartridge’s endurance, get it adopted by the USA’s military.
The Krag (not “Kraig” nor “Craig”) endures in a small way, no doubt due to the fine rifle in which it was issued, the Krag-Jorgensen. The 30-40 Krag cartridge, also known as the 30 Army, 30 Government, and even the 30 USA, was used by the US Army for about a decade before being replaced by a better-designed and faster-moving round that itself was replaced within three years by the 30-06 Springfield.
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