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Jim Watson · June 9, 2012, 06:29 AM

The .30-40 Krag 1892 is the earliest US smokeless round that I know of.
And it took a while to get those in issue, and a while longer for Winchester to pick it up for sporting rifles, so the .30-30 may well have been the first actually in use.

June 9, 2012, 06:29 AM	#17
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	The .30-40 Krag 1892 is the earliest US smokeless round that I know of. And it took a while to get those in issue, and a while longer for Winchester to pick it up for sporting rifles, so the .30-30 may well have been the first actually in use.