"I think its interesting that 30-06 is listed up there with say, 7x57 Mauser"
.30-06 really isn't a spring chicken. The last two digits signify the year of its adoption for military service - 1906.
It was derived from an earlier round, the .30-03, which itself was derived from the almost unknown and quite rare .30-01.
It's hard to say exactly where the .30-06 falls in the chronological list of smokeless powder rifle cartridges developed in the United States, but if it's higher than 10th, I doubt that it's much higher.
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