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M1903 Springfield Rifle.30-03 & .30-06 Springfield smokeless Cartridge
The Spanish-American War taught the U. S. War Department a valuable lesson about the merits of Mauser pattern bolt action rifles and the 7x57 cartridge. The result was the .30-03 Springfield cartridge, basically an enlarged version of the 7x57 that was used by Spanish troops to wreak havoc on American soldiers.
The .30-03 was introduced by the famous U.S. arsenal whose name it bears in 1903. But Germany was one jump ahead of the U.S. and in 1905 introduced the JS version of their 8x57 cartridge. This fired a 150 grain spitzer bullet at about 2800 fps and made the new American .30-03 obsolete overnight.
Not to be outdone, the Springfield arsenal shortened the neck of the .30-03 case 0.10" and loaded a 150 grain spitzer bullet at about 2700 fps. Thus was born the .30-06 Springfield. It is worth noting that both the .30-03 (220 grain bullet) and .30-06 (150 grain bullet) cartridges were offered in sporting rifles for several years.
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