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Picture Page September 2012
A box of Remington Arms .30-40 Krag cartridges.....
Here's a box of .30-40 cartridges for the Krag rifle, made on contract
probably for the US Army or Navy by the Remington Arms Union Metallic
Cartridge Company. The date stamp on the lower right indicates production or
perhaps packaging on January 22, 1918. It was produced during the four year
period following the incorporation of Remington Arms and UMC in early 1916
and prior to the The cartridges themselves are the Standard Model 1898 cartridge, having an un-tinned brass case loaded with the round nosed, smooth (grooveless) cupro-nickel-jacketed 'Cole' bullet weighing 220 grains. The copper primers are marked 'R', indicating they are of a 'revised' type with an increased charge that was introduced in December of 1917, shortly before these cartridges were produced. The cartridges are headstamped RA 17.
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company name being changed to Remington Arms Company, Inc in mid-1920.
