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"Actually, in the case of the 7.62x54R, it stands for Russian but for the .30-30 and others, it does, infact, stand for rimmed"
Sorry no. according to "assault weapons" Vol.3, at the time the 7.62x54R was developed there was also a 7.62x54 rimless round. THe russians decided to go with the rimmed round because of ease of manufacture of a gun that headspaced on the rim vs. headspacing on the shoulder. The "russian" designation came in the form of ammo importers mistaking the "R" for russian because all the weapons that fired it were combloc.
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